ARMY RECRUITING & RETENTION Lieutenant Colonel Gloria Berlanga
skills required to successfully complete Basic Combat Training (BCT) and Advanced Initial Entry Training (AIT). RSP instills the seven Army values; Leadership, Duty, Respect, Selfless Service, Honor, Integrity and Personal Courage, and provides academic instruction as well as physical conditioning and Common Task Training. The success of the program is evidenced by a “training success” rate of over 95% at basic training installations. During this period, the Recruit Sustainment program in Rhode Island was consistently among the top 10 percent in the nation and achieved a top regional ranking consistently. The Recruit Sustainment Program regularly produces Honor Graduates at Basic Training. THE SPLIT-OPTION PROGRAM This is a program that is unique to the Army National Guard. It allows High School Juniors the opportunity to attend basic training during the summer after their junior year, and return home in time to start their senior year. After high school graduation, they return to complete their Advanced Individual Training and continue with their National Guard service.
testing their cardio-vascular, muscular - strength endurance. We anticipate this program will be expanded during FY14. RETENTION EVENTS German Armed Forces’ Proficiency Badge - This international competition is hosted annually by German Armed Forces’ Consulate in Washington, DC. This year, 22 soldiers from the Rhode Island Army National Guard trained and competed in the 8-event competition. Events included sprints, flexed arm hand, uniform swim, combat life saver and NBC skills and weapons’ qualification. The final culminating event, a 7.5 mile Road March, was hosted on the Grounds of the German Consulate in DC. Qualifying soldiers were awarded their German Proficiency Badge in a formal ceremony; US Soldiers are authorized to wear this badge on their dress uniform.
PARTNERSHIPS WITH THE COMMUNITY Physical Fitness Challenge - Circuit Workout Taught at Local Schools Rhode Island Army National Guard Recruiters developed and implemented a unique physical fitness challenge/circuit workout routine at several local high schools. Students from three local high schools participated in a 12 stationed event,
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