Nov. 30, 2017

November 2017 Officer Promotions

Congratulations to the U.S. Army Recruiting Command officers who were selected for promotion! Major Reserve Component, AMEDD FY17 Promotion List:Capt. Corrie BowserCapt. Sheridan EvansbruceCapt. Wanda VaaCapt. Jessy VillanuevaCapt. Emmanuel Canoy Capt. Chasity LucasCapt. James CarterCapt. Michael McShaneCapt. Jatara RossCapt. Chad AgustinCapt.

Nov. 27, 2017

1st Recruiting Brigade NCO wins USAREC

FORT KINOX, Ky. — A 1st Recruiting Brigade noncommissioned officer became U.S. Army Recruiting Command's Fiscal Year 2018 Career Counselor of the Year during a competition Nov. 15-16 here.Staff Sgt. Kelvin Cepeda took home top honors and will go on to represent U.S. Army Recruiting Command at the Training and Doctrine Command Career Counselor of the Year Competition

Nov. 21, 2017

Army chief of staff: no reduction of standards

WASHINGTON — Despite news to the contrary, the Army will not be recruiting bipolar personnel, the Army's chief of staff said, even if those individuals apply for a waiver." There has been no change in standards," said Chief of Staff of the Army Gen. Mark A. Milley during a Nov. 15 meeting with members of the press. "The Army hasn't reduced standards or changed

Nov. 21, 2017

Golden Knights and vets spread positive image

PERRIS, California — Cathleen Pearl, clad in a gold and black Army jumpsuit, extended a high five to retired Lt. Col. Fred Wellman as she walked off the Perris Tandem Camp airstrip on an unseasonably cool day in southern California.Pearl had just completed her tandem jump with the Army's Golden Knights, the service's premiere parachute team. Pearl, a Navy and Air

Nov. 21, 2017

November 2017 USAREC Promotions

FORT KNOX, Ky. — Congratulations to the U.S. Army Recruiting Command Soldiers who were promoted Nov. 1!Promoted to sergeant major:Clarence Brown IIIPromoted to master sergeant:Latrice BalsonJoshua BillingsBernardo ChavezGregory CorbettNoel Espinal Joseph Frost IIIKeith Harper IIIDouglas Hawkins Christopher Holder Sandra KennedyAntoinette MitchellChevis Musselman

Nov. 21, 2017

Tuskegee Airman talks diversity, Army opportunities with

VISTA, Calf. — Sporting a crimson "Red Tails" ball cap, 97-year-old Robert Friend delivered a powerful message to a diverse audience of students, JROTC cadets and teachers at Vista High School here."We're all the same," Friend said. "We're all American."Friend, a veteran of World War II, is one of the last surviving members of the Tuskegee Airmen, a group of

Nov. 16, 2017

23 recruiters earn master recruiter badge in 2017

FORT KNOX, Ky. — Twenty-three recruiters received the Master Recruiter Badge Nov. 3.The Master Recruiter Badge competition ran from Oct. 29 to Nov. 3 and 44 recruiters competed this year.Here is the list of this year's awardees:1st Recruiting Brigade1st Sgt. Matthew MartieSgt. 1st Class Anthony DenhamSgt. 1st Class Anthony Register Harrisburg Recruiting

Nov. 3, 2017

Gold Recruiter Badge returns to USAREC

FORT KNOX, Ky — Six recruiters from the 2nd Recruiting Brigade are the first to receive the Gold Recruiter Badge since its reinstatement. Congratulations to the six recruiters from the Miami and Raleigh Recruiting Battalions who earned the Gold Recruiter Badge.Sgt. 1st Class Rony TheodoreStaff Sgt. Peter Miller Staff Sgt. Paul Erandes Staff Sgt. Andrew Bennett

Nov. 2, 2017

USMEPCOM Releases New Tool for Military

NORTH CHICAGO, Ill. — The United States Military Entrance Processing Command released a new "A Day at the MEPS" video this week.The six-minute production is a tool USMEPCOM and recruiters use to prepare military applicants for what to expect from the enlistment process before they visit a MEPS, or Military Entrance Processing Station. It takes viewers from arrival at

Sept. 20, 2017

20 SEP 17 *****Attention all 140A, 140K, 140L, 150A, 150U, 350F, 350G, 351L, 353T, 913A, and 915A Applicants*****

Fort Bragg, NC — The "New Packet" deadline for applicants interested in applying for these specialties on the NOV 2017 Selection Board has been EXTENDED to 20 OCT 2017.