What Happened to Military Recruiting and Retention of Enlisted Personnel in 2020 During the COVID-19 Pandemic?

Abstract

The emergence of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) brought dramatic social and economic changes. Beginning in March 2020, state and local governments closed public schools and limited in-person business and social activities in an effort to curb the spread of the disease. All but seven states enacted emergency stay-at-home orders limiting in-person social and business interactions, and all states except South Dakota closed nonessential businesses for at least several weeks during March and April 2020. In May and June 2020, these policies ended in many states, often on a county-by-county basis. However, some states, particularly California, kept some level of stay-at-home order or business closure order in place during the second half of 2020 and the first half of 2021.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 2022
Accession Number
AD1156850

Entities

People

  • Avery Calkins
  • Beth J. Asch

Organizations

  • RAND Corporation

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Engineered Resilient Systems
  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Active Duty
  • Air Force
  • Basic Training
  • Budgets
  • Business Administration
  • Covid-19
  • Department Of Defense
  • Diseases And Disorders
  • Marine Corps
  • Military Operations
  • Military Personnel
  • Military Science
  • Recruiting
  • Recruits
  • Training
  • Unified Combatant Commands
  • United States

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