army recruiting command

• After years of drawdowns, Army needs 80,000 new soldiers to meet 2018 growth targets

  After years of shrinking the force, the Army is suddenly in growth mode again, creating new challenges for recruiters.

  On DoD

  October 18, 2017
• Jared Serbu: Army faces challenge of onboarding 80K new soldiers

  The Army hasn’t achieved a number like that in the past 20 years without violating DoD’s quality standards.

  Federal Drive

  October 17, 2017
• How successful is DIUx, so far?

  The Pentagon says its new Silicon Valley-based technology outreach office is seeing some early successes in rapid acquisition. It handled its first dozen procurements in an average time of 60 days. But most of the money it spent went to established companies, not garage-style startups.

  Federal Drive

  October 25, 2016
• On DoD: Army rethinks recruiting process with eye toward quality over quantity

  The Army is reexamining its recruitment process. The ultimate goal is to refine the recruiting process so the service still attains top-notch soldiers without \"industrial age\" metrics that only measure raw numbers of recruits.

  On DoD Podcasts

  June 16, 2015