Army Recruiting: 1990 and Beyond With a Hispanic Vignette
Abstract
A wide variety of factors will impact the recruiting environment of the future: economic conditions, political developments, force structure, Army policies and demographics. This paper will focus primarily on the latter, the demographic variable and how it could affect Hispanics. The declining youth population may be a limiting factor in the Army's attempt to satisfy its recruiting goals in the information and technology age of the future. This paper will review current enlistment standards and objectives, past studies and marketing initiatives to meet future recruitment goals and what affect Hispanic demographics could have on recruiting. This study is intended to be a logical, objective inquiry. The intent is not to develop another model to predict the future. Instead, this report will draw inferences from current demographic trends and projections as they relate to recruiting efforts. It is recognized that other factors interact with the demographic variable to determine a more comprehensive recruiting forecast. These factors include political, economic, and policy decisions.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Apr 01, 1990
- Accession Number
- ADA241221
Entities
People
- Lawrence R. Retta
Organizations
- Air War College