US Army suspends longtime hometown recruiter assistance program, faces cancellation

For years, Army recruiters have enjoyed flagging a special perk for new Advanced Individual Training graduates: an opportunity to return to their hometowns for 14 days with pay prior to their first duty station, with the understanding they’ll help local recruiters during that time and tell the Army story. But according to the head of U.S. Army Recruiting Command, the new soldiers struggled to hold up their end of the deal. The service’s decades-old Hometown Recruiter Assistance Program has been suspended, Lt. Gen. Johnny Davis confirmed at a forum hosted by the Association of the United…