Army soldiers with the Wichita Recruiting Company hosted a recruitment booth at Hutchinson, Kan., on Sept. 9, 2023. The soldiers hosted the booth at the Kansas State Fairgrounds to interact with the public and inform about enlistment opportunities and benefits. (Aiden Griffitts/U.S. Army Reserve)
The Army plans to create a new recruiting specialty after missing its enlistment goal for a second straight year as the service aims for a recruiting force styled after talent-acquisition models used by private businesses, Army Secretary Christine Wormuth said Tuesday.
The Army will build the new, full-time military operational specialty 42T, or talent acquisition specialist, over the coming years, as the service works to bulk up its recruiting apparatus, Wormuth said.
The service also will elevate U.S. Army Recruiting Command, or USAREC, from a two-star headquarters to a three-star command and bring U.S. Army Cadet Command, which oversees ROTC programs at U.
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