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USAREC commander pledges to aid recruiters in mission
May 16, 2023 — Army Recruiting Command is taking measures to upgrade quality of life for its recruiters and training for its leaders, as part of the service’s overall efforts to revamp its recruiting practices through a challenging recruiting landscape... MORE

Air Force recruiting continues to find ways to work around COVID-19
September 15, 2020 — As the COVID-19 pandemic persists, Air Force Recruiting Service continues to find innovative ways to overcome obstacles. In conjunction with the Air Force Personnel Center, an electronic version of the Air Force Officer Qualifying Test is now available for the first time ever... MORE

Due to COVID-19 limiting opportunities to take the traditional Air Force Officer Qualifying Test, Air Force Recruiting Service and the Air Force Personnel Center’s strategic research and assessments branch, collaborated to create the first electronic version of the traditional AFOQT.

Air Force Recruiting expedites virtual teleconferencing tool amid COVID-19 pandemic
April 21, 2020 — Air Force Recruiting Service has been working on ways to perform recruiting activities virtually. With the COVID-19 crisis, many of those plans are being expedited to allow AFRS recruiters to continue working to inspire, engage and recruit the best and brightest to serve in the U.S. Air Force... MORE

Maj. Gen. Jeannie Leavitt, Air Force Recruiting Service commander recently coined Master Sgt. Mary Schroeder, 314th Recruiting Squadron, training and marketing NCO, Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania, and her team, April 15, for developing a virtual teleconferencing idea with collaboration from Zoom for Government.

Recruiting Service Airman helps people on COVID-19 front lines
April 18, 2020 — During this unprecedented COVID-19 pandemic, people from around America are finding innovative ways to contribute to those working on the front lines and Air Force recruiters are no different... MORE

Healthcare workers at the Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville, Tennessee, wearing scrubs that were donated two weeks ago by Air Force Recruiting Service recruiters.

Agile recruiting methods required to get future Airmen to basic training
April 10, 2020 — Travel restrictions, cancelled flights and social distancing guidelines due to the COVID-19 pandemic aren’t getting in the way of the Air Force Recruiting Service’s mission. As the world is telling people to stay at home, the Air Force is finding new and diverse ways to ship applicants to Basic Military Training... MORE

Recruiters use agile methods to ship recruits to Air Force Basic Military Training during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Recruiting: the first face of the Air Force
January 8, 2019 — As the first face of the Air Force, it’s important that recruiters embody the pride, professionalism and enthusiasm it takes to be an Airman... MORE

A class graduates from the 344th Training Squadron Air Force recruiting school Dec. 6, 2018, at Joint Base San Antonio, Texas. The Air Force Recruiting Service mission is to inspire, engage and recruit future Airmen to deliver airpower for America. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Stormy Archer)