“This is an opportunity to entice folks to consider the Army,” a military official said.
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Army is seeking to blunt the pandemic-fueled labor shortage In a release Thursday, military recruiting officials said the incentive, for qualified recruits who sign up for certain career paths and agree to an active-duty six-year enlistment, is aimed at alluring the “same talent” that private companies are competing for.
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