Air Force Offers Easy Specialty Changes to Keep Airmen in Uniform

Airmen who just joined the Air Force and want to do another job will get more options to keep them from leaving the service under a new policy, a move aimed at keeping the ranks filled amid a military-wide recruiting crisis and projected staffing shortages.
Starting June 1, first-term-airmen -- a phrase used to describe service members still working under their initial four-year or six-year contract -- can switch into another career field as long as at least 10% of the positions in that specialty are unfilled.
"Glad to see us make this change as it relates to retraining opportunities for the force," Chief Master Sergeant of the Air Force JoAnne S. Bass said in a Friday press release. "Providing these opportunities for our Airmen helps us keep talent on the bench."