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Hundreds of military personnel are reenlisting or postponing their departures from the armed forces this year, the Associated Press reported, as a historic economic downturn casts a cloud of uncertainty over employment and college prospects.
Across all three branches, hundreds of service members are signing up for new short-term extensions that offer job security, steady paycheck and benefits a combination that has all but vanished from the job market during the coronavirus pandemic.
Although outbreaks have hampered recruiting efforts, officials say the increased number of troops staying on may help services reach their objectives for total force size.
According to the AP, the Army has exceeded its retention goal of 50,000 soldiers, reenlisting more than 52,000 so far. More than 740 have signed up for a new, 11-month extension aimed at those who were initially planning to leave this year.
Were hiring, Army Secretary Ryan McCarthy told the news agency. Like anything, market dynamics come into effect and people will see where the opportunities lie.
In the Air Force, meanwhile, 700 more personnel than last year have withdrawn their requests to leave the service or have asked to extend their enlistment.
The Marine Corps likely will not meet its troop level targets this year, because the virus has also meant recruits cannot be sent off to initial training. But enlistment extensions could help offset a below-average round of recruiting.
What were seeing this year, which is directly related to COVID, is we do have a population of soldiers that what they were expecting at the end of transition has suddenly disappeared, Maj. Craig Thomas, a Marine Corps spokesman, told the AP. And now you have a soldier that is trying to go through a transition period that is now facing uncertainty on the outside.