Originally Posted by
thrust
Thanks. I should have clarified that I wasn't curious about how HAF was addressing the 11F shortage alone, but how they were addressing the potential mass exodus that may or may not be coming in the near future. And it's interesting that the best they can come up with after multiple Coronas, etc is to provide a 50% up-front option to the ACP bonus. LOL.
Ah, okay. They are looking at the potential mass exodus, and the numbers have them convinced that it won't be that bad for rated overall. I don't particularly agree with their analysis.
They're completely focused on the 11F shortage. The bonus was the tiniest piece. They're making pretty significant changes in force structure, unit missions, FTU syllabi, etc. The problem has not recently been retention. The problem was caused by a lack of FTU and absorption capacity due to the 2nd and 3rd order effects of BRACs.