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Recruiting older youths : insights from a new survey of army recruits /

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More than half of all U.S. Army recruits are choosing to join later in life instead of immediately after high school graduation. Older recruits tend to reenlist and receive promotions at greater rates than their younger peers. Among those surveyed, recruits who enlisted later were more concerned abo...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Rostker, Bernard
Corporate Authors: Rand Corporation, National Defense Research Institute (U.S.), United States. Department of Defense. Office of the Secretary of Defense
Other Authors: Klerman, Jacob Alex, Zander-Cotugno, Megan
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Santa Monica : RAND, [2014]
Subjects:
United States. > Army > Recruiting, enlistment, etc.
Online Access:www.rand.org/content/dam/rand/pubs/research_reports/RR200/RR247/RAND_RR247.pdf
Table of Contents:
  • Summary
  • Introduction
  • Who are the older recruits and how successful are they in the Army?
  • Why do older youths join the military?
  • Surveys of Army enlistees and the American youth population
  • What we learned about older recruits : an analysis of survey results
  • Conclusions and recommendations.
  • The survey.