National Guard's Recruit Sustainment Program cuts down attrition rate

Wednesday, November 28, 2012

The Recruit Sustainment Program (RSP) was created post-Sept. 11, 2001 to reduce the number of National Guard soldiers being lost in the training pipeline, referring to the window of time from their enlistment to completion of Basic Combat Training (BCT). At the time, the United States Army needed as many battle-ready soldiers as possible and with National Guard units being activated nationwide to fight the war on terror, the Department of Defense contracted with a civilian firm called Military Personnel Service Corporation to administer the RSP.

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