here are some excerpts from a progress report
given to senate commitees in March 2004

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youth recruitment
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Every day, recruiters are in our communities across the country, communicating the virtue of
military service. They are recruiting young men and women who possess the potential to
embrace the Army values and develop the character of the Soldier’s Ethos.
Without the support of Congress in providing recruiting tools, advertising, and
incentives we could not achieve this recruiting and retention mission. Incentives are a
key enabler of the Army’s accession mission in terms of military occupational skill
(MOS) precision fill, quality, and quantity. Incentives include Enlistment Bonuses,
Army College Fund, and Loan Repayment Program.

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feel a draft?
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Force Structure changes are already underway in the personnel community’s
workforce and organizations. From headquarters to unit level, a variety of modular,
multi-functional units are being structured and redesigned to meet the future needs of a
modular and expeditionary Army. For example, at Headquarters Department of the
Army, the Army Reserve and Active Army Personnel Commands have merged into the
United States Army Human Resources Command. The civilian equivalent, the Army’s
Civilian Human Resources Agency is now approved for inclusion within the command,
and will be supported by the Human Resources Information System. Likewise, military
personnel occupational specialties will be merged into a multi-skilled Human Resources
specialty, providing more flexibility and support to an Army at war.




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Military to Civilian Conversions - work for the army -be a citizen!
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are a way to improve the efficiency of manpower
and make more military deployable by moving military personnel out of positions that
can be prudently performed by civilians. As part of the Army’s long-term transformation
strategy, it is essential that we start realigning military positions from existing
infrastructure organizations to staff field units. This effort relieves stress in the operating
forces and facilitates the formation of additional combat brigades. Although we are still
working out the details of implementation and funding, we intend to convert at least
10,000 to 15,000 military over the next three to four years starting in Fiscal Year 2004, as
we increase to 10 Active Brigades.



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soldiers who are battleshocked can use centcom to relax and learn how to lie to jouralists?
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Rest & Recuperation Leave Program
At the present time, the Rest and Recuperation (R&R) Leave Program is a highly
visible and critical component of the Army Well-Being Program. Rest and Recuperation
opportunities are vital to maintaining combat readiness when units are deployed and
engaged in intense, sustained combat operations. The R&R Leave program provides a
means whereby soldiers deployed in the CENTCOM AOR are able to temporarily lay
aside the stress and rigors of service in a combat zone and focus critically needed
attention on their own physical, emotional and spiritual well-being as well as that of their
families and loved ones. To date more than 46,500 soldiers and Department of Defense
civilians have participated in program.

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centcom is an operation to bluff - it's really a recuperation program!

 http://armed-services.senate.gov/statemnt/2004/March/Reginald%20Brown.pdf