By Jim Tice - Staff writer
Posted : Saturday Oct 15, 2011 8:27:48 EDT
THOMAS BROWN / STAFF Army Career and Alumni Program counselor Cameron Dougherty works with Sgt. 1st Class Antonio Johnson at the ACAP center at Fort Belvoir, Va., on Oct. 5.FORT KNOX, Ky. — Commanders throughout the active Army and Reserve soon will be ordered to help soldiers, family members and civilian employees prepare for life after the Army, whether to attend school, get a job or start a business.
An execution order launching the initiative is expected to be released within days, and will be based on an implementing directive issued Aug. 29 by Army Secretary John McHugh.
The effort to improve the breadth, quality and integration of Army transition services comes at a time when departing soldiers face one of the toughest job markets in years.
“We want to prepare them so they can meet whatever their goal is when they leave the Army. Most importantly, we want them to be able to get a job,” Army Vice Chief of Staff Gen. Peter Chiarelli told Army Times on Oct. 5. “We’re working very, very hard to find ways that we can use information technology to provide jobs.”
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Thanks for pointing out this article! As a former Red Bull soldier, I'm coming at this from the Nat'l Guard side.
ReplyDeleteWhile citizen-soldier unemployment is an important readiness issue, making M-day leaders responsible for addressing the issue within their own units may prove as effective as asking soldiers for recruiting leads, month after month. There should be a way to incentivize (think G-RAP, in which soldiers are paid bonuses for peer recruiting), not mandate.