Over half of recalled recruiters unable to show up

Above: A human resources specialist with 101st Airborne Division's 159th Aviation Brigade talks to a potential recruit as part of the Special Recruiter Assistance Program. SRAP participants can earn a $2,000 bonus for each soldier they enlist who completes basic and advanced individual training.

Recruiting stations got a boost in August when hundreds of soldiers who had completed their recruiting duties were called back from their current assignments for a three-month stint.

The Army had missed its recruiting goals for two months straight and more boots on the ground were needed to help meet the year-end goal of 80,000 by Sept. 30.

But of the 1,105 former recruiters notified they would be going back to their stations, some with only a few days’ notice, only about half were able to make it.

According to the Army Recruiting Command, 506 soldiers are filling the assignment, which is slated to conclude by Oct. 15.

Waivers were granted to approximately 520 soldiers for pending medical or physical evaluation boards; separation; use-or-lose leave; extreme family situations; planned leave with nonreimbursable monetary considerations; pending deployment; high-risk pregnancy or surgeries; approved retirements; soldiers with less than 12 months dwell time from a previous deployment; soldiers assigned to special duty or special units; soldiers in a 90-day reintegration period; senior noncommissioned officers filling operational billets; soldiers serving as casualty assistance officers; and those in other critical operational positions.

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