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<ul><li>The recent government data shows a rise in officers voluntarily retiring from <keyword id="112134" type="COMPANY" weightage="20" keywordseo="Indian-Armed-Forces">Indian Armed Forces</keyword>. </li><li>Indian Army has the highest <keyword id="505875" type="PERSON" weightage="20" keywordseo="attrition-rate">attrition rate</keyword>, followed by <keyword id="15141" type="COMPANY" weightage="20" keywordseo="Indian-Air-Force">Indian Air Force</keyword> at the second place and <keyword id="6355100" type="COMPANY" weightage="20" keywordseo="Indian-Navy">Indian Navy</keyword> in the last. </li><li>While Indian Air Force and Indian Navy’s attrition rate dropped in 2018, Indian Army saw a rise of almost 30 more cases in the same year. </li></ul>The number of people taking voluntary retirement from Indian Armed Forces is also rising, in addition to posts lying vacant. The rate of voluntary retirements is the highest in the Indian Army, and is rising. With 412 officers voluntarily retiring in 2018, the number has been gradually increasing with 353 officers leaving in 2016 and 383 in 2017, <a href="http://pib.nic.in/PressReleseDetail.aspx?PRID=1576432">according to PIB press release</a>. Indian Air Force stands at the second place when it comes to attrition rate. In 2016, 186 officers left the force voluntarily. While the number increased in 2017 to reach 205, it came down to 184 in 2018. The attrition rate is the lowest in the Indian Navy with 102 officers retiring prematurely in 2018. This number has come down from 138 retirement cases in 2016 and 137 cases in 2017. This does not bode well with the fact that the Indian Army is already <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/the-indian-army-is-facing-a-shortage-of-45634-posts-out-of-which-7399-posts-are-for-commissioned-ranks/articleshow/69968673.cms">facing manpower shortage</a>. As many as 49,000 posts are lying vacant which includes 7,399 posts for officers. “The government has taken a number of measures to reduce the shortages including sustained image projection, participation in career fairs and exhibitions and publicity campaign to create awareness among the youth,” <a href="http://pib.nic.in/PressReleseDetail.aspx?PRID=1576432">said</a> Mr <keyword id="347762" type="PERSON" weightage="20" keywordseo="Shripad-Naik">Shripad Naik</keyword>, Minister of State for Defence. SEE ALSO: <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/the-indian-army-is-facing-a-shortage-of-45634-posts-out-of-which-7399-posts-are-for-commissioned-ranks/articleshow/69968673.cms">The Indian Army faces resource crunch with over 49,000 vacant posts</a> <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/indian-army-brings-in-new-rules-for-its-officers-and-jawans-for-csd-facility/articleshow/69988073.cms">Army’s junior officers and jawans gain from new canteen store policy aimed to bring in ‘parity’</a> <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/indian-army-places-order-for-israels-anti-tank-spike-missiles/articleshow/70175141.cms">Indian Army invokes emergency powers to buy Israel’s fire-and-forget anti-tank missiles</a>

Indian Armed Forces see a growing number of those taking voluntary retirement

<div class="KonaFilter image-container display-table"><div><div class="image on-image">US Air Force</div></div></div><ul><li>The Air Force's protracted personnel shortage has been called a "quiet crisis."</li><li>The service has pursued a number of policy changes to keep pilots in uniform.</li><li>The <keyword id="6354810" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="100" keywordseo="Defense">Defense</keyword> Department now has the authority to recall retired officers.</li></ul>President Donald Trump amended an executive order on Friday to allow the Defense Department to recall up to 1,000 retired pilots in order to address the Air Force's shortage of qualified fliers.Defense Secretary Jim Mattis reportedly requested the move, and he now has "additional authorities to recall retired aviation officers," Pentagon spokesman Navy Cmdr. Gary Ross <a href="https://www.airforcetimes.com/news/your-air-force/2017/10/21/air-force-could-recall-up-to-1000-retired-pilots-amid-shortage-retention-crisis/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">said</a> in a statement.The Air Force is currently <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/air-force-has-a-pilot-shortage-due-to-lack-of-training-resources-2017-10" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">about 1,500 pilots shy</a> of the 20,300 it is mandated to have. Of those missing, about 1,000 are fighter pilots. Some officials have deemed the shortage a "<a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/air-force-has-a-pilot-shortage-due-to-lack-of-training-resources-2017-10" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">quiet crisis</a>.""We anticipate that the Secretary of Defense will delegate the authority to the Secretary of the Air Force to recall up to 1,000 retired pilots for up to three years," Ross <a href="https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2017/10/20/air-force-recall-many-1-000-retired-pilots-address-serious-shortage/785344001/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">said</a>.<div class="KonaFilter image-container display-table"><div><div class="image on-image">(US Air Force photo by Scott M. Ash)President Donald Trump meeting with US airmen and Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. David L. Goldfein at Joint Base Andrews, Maryland, September 15, 2017.</div></div></div>Executive order 13223 <a href="https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2017/10/20/air-force-recall-many-1-000-retired-pilots-address-serious-shortage/785344001/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">declared</a> a temporary state of emergency after the September 11 attacks and allowed the president to call up the National Guard, hire and fire officers, and delay retirements. It has been renewed by every president since, including Trump, but under the previous version only 25 retired officers could to be called back to active duty. Trump's amendment expands that authority."The authorities available for use during a national emergency ... are also invoked and made available, according to their terms, to the Secretary concerned, subject in the case of the Secretaries of the Army, Navy, and Air Force, to the direction of the Secretary of Defense," the <a href="https://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2017/10/20/presidential-executive-order-amending-executive-order-13223" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">amended order</a> reads.The Air Force has played a central role in the US-led campaign against ISIS in Syria and Iraq, flying most of the combat sorties during the three-year-old effort. The <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/these-are-the-fighter-jets-leading-the-air-war-against-isis-2017-6" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">intensity of the operations</a> has placed additional demands on the Air Force's pilots and aircraft, which are also seeing more duties in Europe and Asia.<div class="KonaFilter image-container display-table"><div><div class="image on-image"><a href="http://www.af.mil/News/Photos/igphoto/2001802159/">(US Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Michael Battles)</a>An air crew in an 816th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron C-17 Globemaster III loadmaster prepare for takeoff before a mission in support of Operation Inherent Resolve, at Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar, August 23, 2017.</div></div></div>Air Force officials have pointed to commercial airlines, which pay more, as the main draw for fliers; budget cuts, longer deployments, and long-term personnel drawdowns have <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/air-force-has-a-pilot-shortage-due-to-lack-of-training-resources-2017-10" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">also contributed</a> to more pilots leaving. (The service is also dealing with a <a href="https://www.airforcetimes.com/news/your-air-force/2017/03/05/the-drawdown-blew-a-hole-in-the-air-forces-maintenance-ranks-how-it-s-digging-its-way-out/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">shortage</a> of aircraft maintainers.) The service is pursuing a bevy of changes to retain pilots and airmen, including more flexible assignment policies, increased pay and bonuses, and reshuffling of administrative duties. It is also looking to <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/air-force-has-a-pilot-shortage-due-to-lack-of-training-resources-2017-10" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">change its training programs</a>, potentially outsourcing some elements in order to resolve a personnel bottleneck and free up Air Force aircraft for other uses.In August, Air Force Secretary Heather Wilson <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/air-force-asking-retired-pilots-back-for-a-year-to-fix-pilot-shortage-2017-8" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">announced</a> the Voluntary Rated Return to Active Duty, or VRRAD, program, which allowed up to 25 retired qualified pilots to return to fill "critical-rated staff positions" so active-duty pilots could stay with units where they are needed to meet mission requirements.<div class="KonaFilter image-container display-table float_right"><div><div class="image on-image"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/airmanmagazine/sets/72157638517123276/with/11340384865/">U.S. Air Force</a>Staff Sgt. Kevin Colon removes exhaust covers from a B-1B Lancer at Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada, May 21, 2013.</div></div></div>A general officer was <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/general-now-leading-air-force-aircrew-crisis-task-force-2017-8" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">picked to lead</a> to the Air Force's aircrew crisis task force, which is focused on training and retaining pilots and resolving the shortage.The service's budget request for 2018 also <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/trump-2018-budget-effect-on-air-force-personnel-and-readiness-2017-5" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">sought to balance</a> "readiness recovery, strategy-based modernization, and acquisition programs."At least one Air Force officer has mentioned "<a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/us-air-force-considering-stop-loss-to-keep-pilots-2017-4" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">stop-loss</a>" policies as a way to keep fliers in uniform.The executive order the president signed on Friday is not limited ot the Air Force, and it could allow other branches to call up officers in the future.Already the Air Force looks poised to take <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/trump-new-afghanistan-policy-may-mean-more-air-force-operations-2017-9" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">a greater role in Afghanistan</a> as part of Trump's intensified campaign against the Taliban and other insurgents there. After the killing of four US soldiers in Niger, US counterterror efforts look likely to expand around the world."The war is headed to Africa," Sen. Lindsey Graham <a href="http://www.cnn.com/2017/10/20/politics/lindsey-graham-increase-military-operations/index.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">said</a> on Friday. "It's beginning to morph." Graham added that US targeting of terrorism suspects would become more aggressive and rules of engagement would be changed. "As we suppress the enemy in the Mid East, they're going to move," he said. "They're not going to quit." <div class="margin-top"> <h3>NOW WATCH: <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/watch-the-us-and-south-korea-perform-in-a-defense-exhibition-north-military-jets-f-22-raptor-35-air-force-show-routine-2017-10">Watch The US and South Korea show off their air force jets in a defense exhibition amid tensions with North Korea</a></h3> <div> </div> </div>

The Air Force now has the power to recall up to 1,000 retired pilots to address its personnel crisis

<ul class="summary-list"><li>The US Air Force is opening back up its Voluntary Retired Return to Active Duty Program.</li><li>The program will be used to address certain manpower shortages.</li></ul>The US Air Force said Wednesday it is bringing back the Voluntary Retired Return to Active Duty Program in hopes of reactivating retired service members to address "critical manning shortages" amid concerns about recruitment and retention."The VRRAD program is a strategic enabler to embrace experienced talent, tapping into a valuable resource of retired members to fill critical roles to close the gap against our peer competitors," Deputy Chief of Staff for Manpower, Personnel and Services Lt. Gen. Caroline Miller said in a <a target="_blank" href="https://www.af.mil/News/Article-Display/Article/3668722/retired-officers-enlisted-members-can-rejoin-active-duty-to-offset-personnel-sh/#:~:text=The%20Secretary%20of%20the%20Air,opens%20Feb.%208%2C%202024.">statement</a>.The trend in recruiting for the Air Force and some of the other services hasn't been great. In 2022, the Air Force almost fell short of its <a target="_blank" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/poll-data-young-americans-tend-to-view-the-military-negatively-2024-2">recruiting goal,</a> and in 2023, the branch missed its active-duty recruiting goal by more than 2,000 soldiers.The US military had anticipated that new taglines, relaxed regulations, and financial benefits would persuade individuals to join the ranks in 2023, but services fell short. The Navy missed its mark by several thousand for the active-duty force, and the Army fell short of its annual goal by about 10,000 new recruits.Retaining pilots is another one of the Air Force's big problems, as many pilots have been drawn to commercial aviation.On top of low recruitment and problems with retention, a majority of young adults in the US also recently expressed that they hold negative views of the country's military in a Pew Research Center poll that found only <a target="_blank" rel=" nofollow" href="https://www.pewresearch.org/politics/2024/02/01/the-u-s-military/">43 percent</a> <a target="_blank" href="https://www.pewresearch.org/politics/2024/02/01/the-u-s-military/">of adults </a>in the US ages 18 to 29 have positive views of the military. Such perceptions could exacerbate problems.The VRRAD program, which opens the door to as many as 1,000 retired service members, has the potential to help fill some of the Air Force's gaps in manpower if it gets sufficient interest.Some critics have taken to <a target="_blank" href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AirForce/comments/1ako24v/the_rest_of_the_story/">social media,</a> where some additional details of the revived program were revealed, to say the program has "zero incentives" and that "nothing in this sounds appealing or rewarding for a retiree to return to active duty." Others may hold different views. It's unclear how pervasive these views may be among potential applicants.The VRRAD program originally began in 2017 as a way for previously experienced pilots to take up positions so that active-duty pilots could make time for missions and training.Only 120 pilots were hired until the program stopped taking applications in 2020, <a target="_blank" href="https://www.military.com/daily-news/2021/04/30/air-force-quietly-ends-program-allowing-retired-pilots-return-service.html">reported</a> Military.com. This time around, the program expects to accept applications from Feb. 8 of this year to Jan. 31, 2026.

The US Air Force is again letting retirees come back amid worries about recruiting and retention

<ul class="summary-list"><li>After the <keyword id="12004646" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="september-11" source="Orion">September 11</keyword> attacks, the US military turned to its special operators to conduct the first missions into Afghanistan.</li><li>Among them was the US Army's <keyword id="12135323" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="delta-force" source="Orion">Delta Force</keyword>, but some of its most experienced members had left the Unit in the months before the attacks.</li><li>Without much time to prepare, Delta Force was willing to make those operators a deal on their terms to get them back into uniform.</li></ul>The moments after the second plane hit the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001, America's elite special-operations units knew they were going to war.As the country's national mission force, Joint Special Operations Command is always on call to respond to any contingency, whether it's hostage rescue, counterterrorism, a nuclear crisis, or traditional special-operations missions.Composed of the US Army's Delta Force, the Navy's Naval Special Warfare Development Group (formerly known as SEAL Team 6), and the "Nightstalkers" of the Army's 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment, among other units, JSOC trains for the hardest scenarios.On the morning after the attacks, those units were preparing to avenge a catastrophic attack on US soil. But first, they needed the operators to do it.<h2>We need you back</h2><div type="image" title="9/11 September 11th Attacks" height="1456" width="2048" msid="86369139" hostid="261"></div>In the months leading up to the terrorist attacks, several senior Delta Force operators decided to retire or leave. Combat-experienced and highly skilled, these operators found work in the private sector or continued their service in other departments or agencies.As the Twin Towers collapsed, Delta Force knew that this wouldn't be an easy fight. JSOC is always focused on the strategic level, and investing too many resources against terrorism could leave it unprepared for a war with a near-peer adversary, such as China or Russia.So an effort was made to bring highly skilled commandos in good standing back from retirement. Senior enlisted leaders from Delta Force went across the US, holding small recruiting sessions."I began work as a contractor to the Department of Energy in May of 2001, having retired from the Delta force in January of 2001," George Hand, a retired Delta Force operator, told Insider."By September we had as many as 14 retirees from Delta working the project with us. This was the most men ever lost from Delta due to voluntary retirement," said Hand, who recounted his experiences and those of other legendary Delta operators in his memoir, "<a href="https://georgehand.org/" target="_top">Brothers of the Cloth</a>."<div type="image" title="delta force" height="1274" width="1823" msid="86369140" hostid="261"></div>Hand and his colleagues wondered if Delta would try to recall them or if the Army could force them to return. Within days of the attacks, the Unit dispatched a highly regarded sergeant major to pitch all 14 of them on coming back."The Unit certainly wanted us all back," Hand said. "We would be allowed to choose any capacity we wanted, be it up front with the fighting or back in the rear with the ash and trash."Delta Force promised the world to the retired or separated operators, offering carte blanche on assignments, including operational slots in assault or sniper teams, training slots in the selection or the operator training course, slots in the special-mission unit's research and development component, and even administrative jobs at a desk.The rationale was that seasoned operators could put their hard-earned experience to good use, either in operations themselves or by taking an administrative or training job and allowing another operator to go the front lines.In the end, the recruitment effort wasn't a success. Delta Force lured some operators back but failed to get the large numbers it wanted.The recruitment effort might have misfired, but Delta Force's campaign against terrorism didn't.<h2>Avenging America</h2><div type="image" title="Delta Force during Operation Gecko in Afghanistan" height="632" width="899" msid="86369141" hostid="261"></div>The Pentagon persuaded the White House to take an unconventional approach against the Taliban and Al Qaeda in Afghanistan.Instead of sending large numbers of conventional troops, the Pentagon argued, the US should send special-operations and paramilitary forces. Army Special Forces and CIA teams deployed to northern and southern Afghanistan to work with local anti-Taliban forces.JSOC leaders debated what other operations to mount in Afghanistan. The White House, desiring a morale boost for the public, ordered a strike deep inside the Taliban heartland.Delta Force geared up to hit Objective Gecko, the compound of Taliban leader Mullah Omar in Kandahar, while Rangers would jump on and capture Objective Rhino, a nearby airfield.The two strikes would boost American spirits and show Al Qaeda, the Taliban, and everyone else that the US could strike anywhere.<div type="image" title="British SBS Special Boat Service" height="596" width="800" msid="86369142" hostid="261"></div>"Immediately following the attacks, the world became a 'No Fly Zone.' We and just few other aircraft were authorized to fly" back to the US from a training exercise in Europe, a retired Delta Force operator told Insider."By the time we got back most of the Unit's senior leadership was already in DC, working with the White House, SecDef [secretary of defense], and others developing America's response to the 9/11 attacks," the retired operator said.After the plan was finalized and briefings were held, Delta Force "had a short window to refine the actual plan and rehearse" before it was time to execute the mission, the retired operator added.The <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/army-delta-force-longest-air-assault-ever-weeks-after-911-2021-9" target="_blank" rel="noopener">raid on Gecko was the longest air assault in US history</a>. Delta operators overcame logistical and operational challenges, and the mission was a success, even though Omar wasn't there.Like World War II's Doolittle Raid, the mission was an important psychological boost. Delta Force showed that even in the face of uncertainty and complexity, Americans would avenge a devastating attack on US soil.Stavros Atlamazoglou is a defense journalist specializing in special operations, a Hellenic Army veteran (national service with the 575th Marine Battalion and Army HQ), and a Johns Hopkins University graduate.

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