JOKER96BRAVO said:That's sad...really.
Why not just say...
"I'm here for intelligent debate"
Don't be sad.
http://www.af.mil/news/story.asp?storyID=123011088
Innovative techniques help Air Force meet manning goals
Innovative techniques help Air Force meet manning goals
WASHINGTON -- Lt. Gen. Roger A. Brady answers questions about Air Force recruiting and retention issues during a hearing before the House Armed Services Committee subcommittee on personnel July 19. General Brady is the Air Force deputy chief of staff for personnel. (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Jim Varhegyi)
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by Staff Sgt. C. Todd Lopez
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7/20/2005 - WASHINGTON -- The Air Force deputy chief of staff for personnel told lawmakers July 19 the service would meet its end-strength requirement by the end of the fiscal year.
In March, Lt. Gen. Roger A. Brady told lawmakers the service would meet its end-strength goal by end of the fiscal year.
"End strength" is the limit set by Congress on the number of people the military can have on active duty. For the Air Force, that number is about 360,000.
The general made the announcement before the House Armed Services Committee subcommittee on personnel, where he also talked about service end strength, recruiting and force shaping.
"We are now at authorized end strength," General Brady said. "And we will continue to bring balance to the force by rightsizing and shaping specific career specialties and overall officer and enlisted skill sets."
The Air Force reduced its end strength by adjusting the shape and size of the force. Instead of separating Airmen who did not want to leave the service, officials adjusted the overall size of the Air Force by slowing down recruiting -- the number of new accessions into the service -- and shifting active-duty Airmen from skills that had overages to those that had shortages.
"As we returned to our authorized end strength, relief has flowed to our overstressed career fields," General Brady said. "We are doing this prudently, by identifying specialties and specific year groups within those specialties where we have more people than we need. At the same time we are correcting our skill imbalances by realigning manpower and expanding training pipelines."
I guess there are statistical games going on in the recruitment picture.
But I guess the army situation is not really that bad. Missing their goal by a few hundred seems still good enough.