The Times Leader

The Army’s answer to a lack of recruits is a prep course to boost low scores; It’s working

Recruits participate in the Army’s future soldier prep course that gives lower-performing recruits up to 90 days of academic or fitness instruction to help them meet military standards, at Fort ...
Hartford Courant

Army leaders are relying on the prep course to provide a significant chunk of new recruits.

FORT JACKSON, S.C. (AP) — Index cards taped to a large board on the wall at Fort Jackson, South Carolina, reveal the sometimes blunt and gritty reasons that new recruits took a chance at a last-ditch ...
Yahoo

Army Set to Overhaul Length of Noncommissioned Officer Academies to Cut Costs

Army planners are moving toward a sweeping overhaul of the service's professional military education pipeline for noncommissioned officers, part of an aggressive push to slash costs. The overhaul is ...
Los Angeles Times

The Army’s answer to a lack of recruits is a prep course to boost low scores. It’s working

FORT JACKSON, S.C. — Index cards taped to a large board on the wall at Fort Jackson, S.C., reveal the sometimes blunt and gritty reasons that new recruits took a chance at a last-ditch program to get ...