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Navy Exceeding FY 2023 Sailor Retention Goals, Says Q1 Data

Lt. Razvan Melen reenlists Aviation Machinist’s Mate 3rd Class Braden Richardson in front of an MH-60S Knight Hawk attached to Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron (HSC) 3 on Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, Calif., on May 12, 2022. US Navy Photo

The Navy exceeded retention goals for Fiscal Year 2022 and is on track to beat them in Fiscal Year 2023, according to data from the Office of the Chief of Naval Personnel obtained by USNI News.

The sea service finished the fiscal year at 107 percent of its...

https://news.usni.org/2023/02/01/navy-exceeding-fy-2023-sailor-retention-goals-says-q1-data

Marines Turning to Outside Experts for Fixes to Recruiting Challenge

Recruits with Alpha Company, 1st Recruit Training Battalion, learn and apply rappelling techniques on Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island, S.C., October 31, 2022. US Marine Corps Photo

ANNAPOLIS, Md. – Fifty years after the United States turned to the all-volunteer force, a group of Marines gathered to hear outside experts discuss how to man the force between now and 2040.

The Marine Corps, like the other branches, faces a competitive recruiting environment, which it is trying to overcome...

https://news.usni.org/2023/01/25/marines-turning-to-outside-experts-for-fixes-to-recruiting-challenge

Coast Guard Opens Up Senior Enlisted Positions to More Candidates in Pilot Program

U.S. Coast Guard Petty Officer 2nd Class Brian Engelmann, a boatswain’s mate assigned to USCGC Vigorous (WMEC 627), drives the cutter’s small boat during an at-sea personnel transfer in the Windward Pass, Dec. 2, 2022. US Coast Guard Photo

The Coast Guard introduced a new advancement pilot program meant to help fill critical, vacant positions, while also allowing service members to develop professionally, the service announced Thursday.

Under the new policy, Coast Guard assignment officers can...

https://news.usni.org/2023/01/23/coast-guard-opens-up-senior-enlisted-positions-to-more-candidates-in-pilot-program

Navy Offers Up to $100K in Retention Bonuses for Select Special Warfare Sailors

U.S. Navy SEALs survey a rooftop during consulate evacuation training during Weapons and Tactics Instructor (WTI) course 1-23 at Deuce Village, near Yuma, Arizona, Oct. 12, 2022. US Marine Corps Photo

Some senior enlisted members in the special warfare community have a chance to earn a retention bonus of up to $100,000, the Navy announced in a new memo.

NAVADMIN 004/23, released Jan. 10, details a new retention bonus program that targets naval special warfare senior enlisted sailors that have a...

https://news.usni.org/2023/01/18/navy-offers-up-to-100k-in-retention-bonuses-for-select-special-warfare-sailors

Top Stories 2022: Coast Guard

Lt. Cmdr. Donald Rudnickas, a member of the Coast Guard Icebreaking program temporarily assigned to Coast Guard Cutter Polar Star (WAGB 10), and Ensign Jonathan Kattnig, the information technology officer on the Polar Star, look out across the ice in the Southern Ocean, on Dec. 25, 2022. US Coast Guard Photo

This post is part of a series looking back at the top naval stories from 2022.

A change in leadership, difficulty in recruiting and major developments in two major shipbuilding programs were...

https://news.usni.org/2022/12/30/top-stories-2022-coast-guard

Top Stories 2022: Navy, Marine Corps Faced Tough Recruiting Environment

Rear Adm. Pete Garvin, commander, Naval Education and Training Command (NETC), center left, talks with students after they completed the MILO simulator for a small arms training evolution at Gunner’s Mate “A” School, Surface Combat Systems Training Command Great Lakes in Great Lakes, Ill., on Aug. 24, 2022. US Navy Photo

While the Navy was able to meet its recruiting goals for enlisted active-duty sailors in FY 2022, it did not have the same success for active-duty officers or reserve sailors...

Navy Pilot Program Temporarily Suspends High-Year Tenure for Enlisted Sailors

Newly-pinned chief petty officers stand at attention while in formation during a chief petty officers pinning ceremony in the hangar bay of USS Ronald Reagan (CVN-76), in the Philippine Sea on Oct. 22, 2022. US Navy Photo

A Navy pilot program announced Thursday will temporarily suspend enlisted high-year tenure for two years, allowing more people to stay in the sea service.

Under the program, which was announced in NAVADMIN 288/22, commands cannot separate or involuntarily transfer an active-duty...

https://news.usni.org/2022/12/22/navy-pilot-program-temporarily-suspends-high-year-tenure-for-enlisted-sailors

Tough Military Recruiting Environment is About Much More than Low Unemployment, Experts Say

Recruits with the 64th Annual Recruit Cardinal Division stand at attention during a pass-in-review graduation ceremony inside Midway Ceremonial Drill Hall at Recruit Training Command, Nov. 4, 2022. US Navy Photo

When it comes to military recruiting, economist Beth Asch is an optimist. Asch has been studying military recruiting for almost 40 years, during which she has seen good recruiting years and bad ones.

Each time a new challenge arises, it’s treated like a crisis, she said during a Heritage...

Driver surveys offer retention, safety benefits

It has been two years since Tenstreet acquired Stay Metrics, and the companies’ combined data-collecting power and expertise continues to bring actionable insights to the recruiting and retention space. 

“What has happened over the past couple of years is retention has gotten even more important to the industry and to our clients,” Tenstreet CEO Tim Crawford said. “It was important when we first connected with them, and it is even more so now.”

As carriers face a market downturn, it is crucial...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/driver-surveys-offer-retention-safety-benefits

New Navy Senior Enlisted Marketplace Seeks to Realign Promotion System

Nine newly Chief Petty Officers sing anchors away during a chief petty officer pinning ceremony aboard Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser USS Chancellorsville (CG-62) in the Philippine Sea on Oct. 21, 2022. US Navy Photo

Senior enlisted sailors will now advance to new positions through a billet-based promotion system, the Navy announced Tuesday.

The service introduced its pilot for the senior enlisted marketplace, a sister project to the detailing marketplace assignment policy, which...

https://news.usni.org/2022/11/22/new-navy-senior-enlisted-marketplace-seeks-to-realign-rates-and-billets

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