Establishing a Recruit Sustainment Program

Abstract

During the period of 1 October 2004 to 10 April 2005, I SFC David Callahan, was charged by the Recruiting and Retention Battalion Commander, to establish a Recruit Sustainment Program (RSP) for the Colorado Anny National Guard (COARNG). Reduction of attrition and increasing retention of the non-prior service (NPS) Soldiers in the COARNG was the goal of the RSP. COARNG went from 50th to 3rd overall in the Nation in NPS attrition in less than 7 months, with an annualized attrition rate of less than 3 percent. This is an account of how starting the RSP took all of my organizational, operational, and leadership skills in order to meet established deadlines.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 30, 2010
Accession Number
AD1116172

Entities

People

  • David A. Callahan

Organizations

  • United States Army Sergeants Major Academy

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Attrition
  • Basic Training
  • Business Administration
  • Colorado
  • Employment
  • Instructors
  • Law
  • Military Transfers
  • National Guard
  • Personnel Management
  • Recruiting
  • Recruits
  • Sustainment
  • Training
  • Training Devices
  • United States
  • United States Government

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