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US Army faces shortage of junior officers
The US Army, stretched thin by wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, has only half of the senior captains it needs and will offer money and other incentives to keep those officers, according to a memo obtained by Reuters on Monday. The number of senior captains, or captains closest to promotion, stands at just 51 percent of the Armys requirements, according to a memo from Col George Lockwood, director of officer personnel management at the Armys Human Resources Command. Lockwood said the strains of the US-declared Global War on Terror had contributed to the shortage of officers at the rank of captain. Previous decisions to promote officers more quickly to meet targets for Army majors the rank above captain - also had hurt the number of junior officers available, he said. Posted by: Fred 2007-05-16 |
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