The Army is sending its trio of senior leaders to public schools to speak to students and key education officials across the country in a bid to rekindle relationships as the service has struggled to reach out to Gen Z.
The move is meant to reconnect the Army with students after recruiters were largely barred from schools during the coronavirus pandemic.
Gen. James McConville, the service's chief of staff, went to the South, meeting with school officials in Georgia on Tuesday. Army Secretary Christine Wormuth went out West last week, meeting with Los Angeles Unified School District's superintendent and will be in Texas next week. Meanwhile, Sergeant Major of the Army Michael Grinston is in New England on Thursday, visiting the University of New Haven in Connecticut and then heading to the Midwest to a public high school in Columbus, Ohio.
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Schools are largely seen as a critical meeting point for civilians and the military, serving as prime locations for recruiters to fill in the ranks and for young Amerians to learn about job opportunities in the force and critical benefits, particularly the GI Bill and National Guard tuition assistance.
“This is about getting to know the Army,” Grinston, the service's top enlisted leader, told Military.com. “This is about saying who we are and debunking myths about service.”
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