The United States Army Recruiting Command (USAREC) mission is to recruit the enlisted, non-commissioned and officer candidates for service in the United States Army and Army Reserve. This process includes the recruiting, medical and psychological examination, induction, and administrative processing of potential service personnel.

The US Army Recruiting Command is a field operating agency administratively responsible to the Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff for Personnel. The Command employs more than 7200 Active and Reserve Component recruiters at more than 1,600 recruiting stations across the United States and overseas. The Command is guided in its operations by the United States Mobilization Doctrine.

The Command includes is commanded by a Major General, and assisted by two Deputy Commanding Generals (Brigadier Generals.), Deputy Commanding General (West) and Deputy Commanding General (East), with five recruitment brigades and a number of support brigades in the Command.

General Paul Gorman’s (USA, ret.) in his institutional history of the US Army, The Secret of Future Victories, credits George C. Marshall as the architect of the modern version of the current system for personnel allocation. This system has often been criticised as one that encourage careerism in the officer and NCO corps.

Recruitment brigades

There are five recruitment, one medical recruitment and one recruitment support brigades in the Command. Each brigade consists of a number of battalions, with each battalion consisting of six to nine companies. A battalion, commanded by a Lieutenant Colonel or Colonel, employs about 12 officers, 250 enlisted members, of which majority are onproduction recruiters working from recruiting stations, and some 20 civilian support staff.

The recruitment brigades, and their battalions, are:

  • 1st Recruiting Brigade Northeast Region HQ located at Fort George Meade, MD
    • 1A U.S. Army Recruiting Battalion Albany, Watervliet, NY
    • 1B U.S. Army Recruiting Battalion Baltimore, Fort George G. Meade, MD
    • 1D U.S. Army Recruiting Battalion New England, Topsham, ME
    • 1E U.S. Army Recruiting Battalion Harrisburg, New Cumberland Army Depot, PA
    • 1G U.S. Army Recruiting Battalion New York City, Fort Hamilton, NY
    • 1K U.S. Army Recruiting Battalion Mid-Atlantic, Lakehurst Naval Air Station, NJ
    • 1N U.S. Army Recruiting Battalion Syracuse, Syracuse, NY
    • 1O U.S. Army Recruiting Battalion Beckley, Beckley, WV
  • 2d Recruiting Brigade Southeast Region HQ located at Redstone Arsenal, AL
    • 3A U.S. Army Recruiting Battalion Atlanta, Smyrna, GA
    • 3D U.S. Army Recruiting Battalion Columbia, Columbia, SC
    • 3E U.S. Army Recruiting Battalion Jacksonville, Jacksonville, FL
    • 3G U.S. Army Recruiting Battalion Miami, Miami, FL
    • 3H U.S. Army Recruiting Battalion Montgomery, Maxwell-Gunter Air Force Base Annex, AL
    • 3J U.S. Army Recruiting Battalion Raleigh, Raleigh, NC
    • 3N U.S. Army Recruiting Battalion Tampa, Tampa, FL
    • 3T U.S. Army Recruiting Battalion Baton Rouge, Baton Rouge, LA
    • 3W U.S. Army Recruiting Battalion Special Operations Recruiting Battalion, Fort Bragg, NC
  • 3d Recruiting Brigade Upper Midwest Region HQ located at Fort Knox, KY
    • 5A U.S. Army Recruiting Battalion Chicago, Great Lakes, IL
    • 5C U.S. Army Recruiting Battalion Cleveland, Cleveland, OH
    • 5D U.S. Army Recruiting Battalion Columbus, Columbus, OH
    • 5H U.S. Army Recruiting Battalion Indianapolis, Indianapolis, IN
    • 5I U.S. Army Recruiting Battalion Great Lakes, Lansing, MI
    • 5J U.S. Army Recruiting Battalion Milwaukee, Milwaukee, WI
    • 5K U.S. Army Recruiting Battalion Minneapolis, Fort Snelling, MN
    • 5N U.S. Army Recruiting Battalion Nashville, Nashville, TN
  • 5th Recruiting Brigade South-central Region HQ located at Wainwright Station, Fort Sam Houston, TX
    • 4C U.S. Army Recruiting Battalion Dallas, Irving, TX
    • 4D U.S. Army Recruiting Battalion Denver, Denver, CO
    • 4E U.S. Army Recruiting Battalion Houston, Houston, TX
    • 4G U.S. Army Recruiting Battalion Kansas City, Kansas City, MO
    • 4J U.S. Army Recruiting Battalion Oklahoma City, Oklahoma City, OK
    • 4K U.S. Army Recruiting Battalion San Antonio, Fort Sam Houston, TX
    • 4P U.S. Army Recruiting Battalion Phoenix, Phoenix, AZ
  • 6th Recruiting Brigade Western Region HQ located at North Las Vegas, NV
    • 6F U.S. Army Recruiting Battalion Los Angeles, Encino, CA
    • 6H U.S. Army Recruiting Battalion Portland, Portland, OR
    • 6I U.S. Army Recruiting Battalion Sacramento, Rancho Cordova, CA
    • 6J U.S. Army Recruiting Battalion Salt Lake City, Salt Lake City, UT
    • 6K U.S. Army Recruiting Battalion Southern California, Mission Viejo, CA
    • 6L U.S. Army Recruiting Battalion Seattle, Seattle, WA
    • 6N U.S. Army Recruiting Battalion Fresno, Fresno, CA
  • U.S. Army Medical Recruiting Brigade, Fort Knox, KY
    • 1st Medical Recruiting Battalion Fort Meade, MD
    • 2nd Medical Recruiting Battalion Redstone Arsenal, AL
    • 3rd Medical Recruiting Battalion Fort Knox, KY
    • 5th Medical Recruiting Battalion Fort Sam Houston, TX
    • 6th Medical Recruiting Battalion Las Vegas, NV
  • Accessions Support Brigade, Fort Knox, KY
  • Mission Support Battalion, Fort Knox, KY

Each recruiting battalion consists of recruiting companies in its area, with 243 companies currently providing recruiting facilities as offices and stations throughout United States and its territories. The Command also conducts recruiting operations in Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, and at U.S. facilities in Panama, Europe, and Asia.

Command

Current key command personnel of the Command include:

  • Commander Major General Donald M. Campbell Jr.
  • Deputy Commanding General Brigadier General Michael X. Garrett
  • Command Sergeant Major Stephan Frennier

Past commanders

  • Major General Thomas P. Bostick 2005
  • Major General Michael D. Rochelle - 2005
  • Major General Cavin, Dennis D. 2000
  • Major General Evan R. Gaddis 1998
  • General Maxwell "Mad Max" Reid Thurman 1979-1984 developed the service's "Be all that you can be" campaign.

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