Army Strong COL Renee Finnegan Brief to Army
Army Strong COL Renee Finnegan Brief to Army Reserve G-1 War Council 11 January 2007 Headquarters, USAREC
Mission Achievement FY 05 RA MSN 80, 000 RA ACH 73, 373 AR MSN 22, 175 AR ACH 19, 400 TOTAL ACH 93 K • Soldiers/Training • Volume Mission • Advertising • Battalion Assets • Referral Bonus • Waiver Process • RIP • Age Change • Tattoos • ARMS Army Strong FY 06 RA MSN 80, 000 RA ACH 80, 635 AR MSN 25, 500 AR ACH 25, 378 TOTAL ACH 106 K 13, 000 INCREASE Headquarters, USAREC 2
Army Strong Key Messages • Recruiting an all-volunteer force during a protracted war – Challenges Remain • Successful recruiting in FY 06 – Regular Army 100. 8% (80. 6 K of the 80 K); 12 K (15%) FY 07 Entry Pool – Army Reserve 99. 5% (25. 4 K of the 25. 5 K); 2. 7 K (10%) FY 07 Entry Pool • Highest RA total in 9 years; highest AR total in 3 years • Increased trained recruiters, incentives/bonuses, technology, policy changes • Army Achieved FY 06 Retention Mission; 104% RA, 103% AR • FY 06 100% Fully qualified; 81% HSDG for RA, 91% AR; All others are HSG Equivalent – High School Diploma Grads avg only 4 pts higher on the ASVAB than GEDs (58 vice 54) • FY 06 Enlistee Degrees – Over 3, 700 with BA, 280 Masters and 23 with Ph. Ds – Over 15% RA and 19% AR FY 06 with college experience (PS/NPS) • Less than 3 out of 10 youths (17 -24 year olds) are fully qualified • ~ 90 K of 106 K total accessions (RA/AR) required no waiver • Initial Entry Training Attrition reduced from 18% (May 05) to 6. 3% (Aug 06) – Field training and Warrior tasks have increased; 60% DS deployment experience • More than an Army challenge – a challenge for the Nation Headquarters, USAREC 3
Army Strong General Military Propensity By Race/Ethnicity • Hispanic and African-American propensity have decreased considerably in the past six months. • Military propensity for Caucasian youth is at its lowest point. Challenges %Definitely/Probably • Increased deployments • Bonuses / Incentives • #1 concern is educational benefits How likely is it that you will be serving in the Military in the next few years? Source: DOD Youth Poll = significant change from previous poll Headquarters, USAREC 4
Army Strong Army Reserve Accessions Actual Entry Pool for FY 07 FY 06 FY 05 FY 04 DEC Contract Mission 2. 3 K 41% 57% FY 07 Mission FS Entry Pool ACC + FS Oct 06 1, 550 603 1, 457 Nov 06 1, 750 139 1, 223 Dec 06 575 0 652 Jan 07 2, 650 459 1776 Feb 07 1, 600 49 247 Mar 07 1, 700 15 67 Apr 07 1, 600 8 41 May 07 2, 900 153 421 Jun 07 4, 100 762 1, 694 2. 7 K (14. 2%) 2. 4 K (12. 2%) 2. 5 K (13. 6%) 6. 5 K (31. 0%) 31% Jul 07 3, 250 489 1001 Aug 07 2, 625 18 83 Sep 07 2, 200 0 10 Total 26, 500 2, 695 4, 693 EOM RSM DEC 17% 13% FY 06 Mission FS Entry Pool ACC + FS Accessed Oct 05 1, 242 689 1, 503 Nov 05 1, 342 111 1451 1, 451 Dec 05 417 0 724 Jan 06 2, 342 359 1, 543 2, 399 16% Feb 06 1, 542 39 168 1, 549 Mar 06 1, 642 22 71 1, 516 Apr 06 1, 742 12 35 1, 295 May 06 2, 892 164 466 2, 822 Jun 06 3, 792 796 1, 778 4, 913 Jul 06 3, 442 231 655 3, 082 Aug 06 3, 065 16 44 1, 835 Sep 06 Total 2, 040 25, 500 1 2, 440 2 4, 762 2, 289 25, 378 Headquarters, USAREC 5
Army Strong Referral Bonus Pilot Program - FY 07 (CONUS Installations Contributing Referrals) FT Lewis 60 Referrals 5 Shipped Fort Meade 15 Referrals 1 Shipped Fort Mc. Coy 32 Referrals 1 Shipped Tobyhanna 5 Referrals 0 Shipped FT Drum 21 Referrals 2 Shipped FT Riley 47 Referrals 2 Shipped FT Belvior 14 Referrals 1 Shipped FT Knox 33 Referrals 2 Shipped FT Carson 32 Referrals 1 Shipped FT Eustis 28 Referrals 2 Shipped FT Leonard Wood 47 Referrals 2 Shipped FT Bragg 80 Referrals 5 Shipped FT Huachuca 16 Referrals 0 Shipped FT Bliss 22 Referrals 1 Shipped 2295 Total Referrals 321 Contracts ( 224 RA / 97 AR) 86 Shipped (61 RA / 25 AR) (Retirees 244/19/3) 41 Referrals 2 Shipped FT Jackson 36 Referrals 2 Shipped FT Hood 44 Referrals 1 Shipped FT Sam Houston 48 Referrals 3 Shipped FT Gordon 23 Referrals 1 Shipped FT Polk 13 Referrals 0 Shipped FT Campbell 49 Referrals 2 Shipped -Referral that Shipped FT Benning 17 Referrals 0 Shipped FT Stewart 30 Referrals 4 Shipped As of: 4 DEC 06 Headquarters, USAREC 6
Army Strong Referral Bonus Program Status (AR Contribution) 70 th RRC 11 Referrals 2 Shipped 89 th RRC 100 Referrals 8 Shipped 85 th DIV (TS) 0 Referrals 0 Shipped 88 th RRC 73 Referrals 21 Shipped 104 th DIV (IT) 7 Referrals 0 Shipped Others 2, 989 Referrals 109 Shipped 99 th RRC 40 Referrals 12 Shipped 100 th DIV (IT) 10 Referrals 2 Shipped 98 th DIV (IT) 2 Referrals 0 Shipped 94 th RRC 11 Referrals 2 Shipped 77 th RRC 16 Referrals 2 Shipped 96 th RRC 10 Referrals 3 Shipped 78 th DIV (TS) 1 Referral 0 Shipped 91 st DIV (TS) 1 Referral 0 Shipped 80 th DIV (IT) 4 Referrals 1 Shipped 63 rd RRC 25 Referrals 3 Shipped 95 th DIV (IT) 8 Referrals 1 Shipped 3, 646 Total Referrals from AR 300 Contracts 203 Shipped 108 th DIV (IT) 14 Referrals 0 Shipped 75 th DIV (TS) 1 Referral 1 Shipped IT or TS DIV 81 st RRC 115 Referrals 18 Shipped 90 th RRC 76 Referrals 14 Shipped AR Enlistments 87 th DIV (TS) 3 Referrals 0 Shipped 65 th RRC 49 Referrals 4 Shipped As of: 4 DEC 06 Headquarters, USAREC 7
Army Strong Army Recruiters Going above and beyond • SGT Michael Jordan - Great Lakes, BN • Assigned mission of 2 / Achieved 5 AR contracts in NOV 06 • SFC Lewis Parker - Baltimore BN • Assigned mission of 2 / Achieved 6 AR contracts in OCT 06 Headquarters, USAREC 8
Army Strong What You Can Do to Help • Do you know your local AGR Recruiter? • Refer Quality NCOs for Recruiting Duty; Leadership Positions now available and promotion to E 7 • RRC Education Specialists: Reduce processing time of tuition assistance requests • Mandate a 2 d QTR TPU Referral Program Blitz; create SMART accounts for every AR Soldier (www. usarec. army. mil/smart or 1 -800 -223 -3735 extension 6 -0473) • CG/CSM Mandate Attendance & AAR of Reserve Partnership Councils (BN Cdr or Higher) Headquarters, USAREC 9
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