Military Seeks Immigrants to Address Recruiting Shortage
- The US Army and Air Force are struggling to meet their recruiting goals this year.
- They are targeting legal immigrants with marketing campaigns and using recruiters with similar backgrounds.
- Immigrants are attracted to the job opportunities, education benefits, and path to citizenship the military offers.
- The Air Force has a program to accelerate naturalization during basic training.
- The Marine Corps is the only branch on pace to meet their recruiting objective.