Strength Maintenance Philosophy

The Strength Maintenance Philosophy (SM) philosophy builds a partnership for strength readiness between unit leaders and the recruiting and retention force. Working together, they can develop programs and initiatives to meet the unit’s strength objectives. The three tenets of strength maintenance are:

  1. Recruiting quality soldiers - Targeting accessions for unit vacancies and obtaining referrals from unit members.
  2. Retaining quality soldiers - Focusing our retention efforts on soldiers who are MOS qualified and available for mobilization. (This includes soldiers who are working to become qualified.)
  3. Attrition management – Reducing losses of soldiers serving in their first term of service.


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