USAREC Commanding General, MG Batschelet speaks to students at the RRS.
Recruiting and Retention School Opens Doors at Fort Knox
By Fonda Bock
The Recruiting and Retention School (RRS) officially opened its doors at Fort Knox, Ky., today with the start of the Reserve Component Transition NCO Course.
Twenty-five students are enrolled in the two-week course, which trains noncommissioned officers in PMOS 79S, 79T and 79V to qualify transitioning active Army Soldiers to Army Reserve and National Guard units.
Over the next several months the other eight courses will transition from Fort Jackson, S.C. to Fort Knox. The move is scheduled to be complete Jan. 26, 2015.
The courses are designed to provide institutional training for regular Army career counselors and regular Army and Army Reserve recruiting personnel.
By Fonda Bock
The Recruiting and Retention School (RRS) officially opened its doors at Fort Knox, Ky., today with the start of the Reserve Component Transition NCO Course.
Twenty-five students are enrolled in the two-week course, which trains noncommissioned officers in PMOS 79S, 79T and 79V to qualify transitioning active Army Soldiers to Army Reserve and National Guard units.
Over the next several months the other eight courses will transition from Fort Jackson, S.C. to Fort Knox. The move is scheduled to be complete Jan. 26, 2015.
The courses are designed to provide institutional training for regular Army career counselors and regular Army and Army Reserve recruiting personnel.
The school’s mission is to train and educate military and civilian leaders and develop complementary concepts, doctrine, organization, materiel, and training across the spectrum of recruiting and retention to enable America’s Armed Forces to fight and win the nation’s wars.
USAREC Commanding General, Major General Batschelet addressed the inaugural class of students saying, “We want your ideas, you all have a very different perspective. You might have an idea that nobody else has thought of and it could be the key to what we’re looking for”.
The decision was made in March to relocate the school to Fort Knox from Fort Jackson where it’s been since 1995.
Army officials say relocating the RRS to Fort Knox will improve synergy within the command and school, enhance the training needs of recruiters, better support the development of recruiting doctrine and curriculum development, reduce CMF 79 institutional training sites from three to two, and save an estimated $14 million dollars a year.
The action is a part of integrated force structure changes that support recruiting for the Army of 2020. It relocates 67 military and 25 civilian personnel from Fort Jackson to Fort Knox.
Around 3,500 students a year are expected come to Fort Knox for training at the RRS.
The school is temporarily located in building 6579 but will permanently move to buildings 2389 and 2366 in the former 3/1 brigade headquarters complex by Jan. 15.
USAREC Commanding General, Major General Batschelet addressed the inaugural class of students saying, “We want your ideas, you all have a very different perspective. You might have an idea that nobody else has thought of and it could be the key to what we’re looking for”.
The decision was made in March to relocate the school to Fort Knox from Fort Jackson where it’s been since 1995.
Army officials say relocating the RRS to Fort Knox will improve synergy within the command and school, enhance the training needs of recruiters, better support the development of recruiting doctrine and curriculum development, reduce CMF 79 institutional training sites from three to two, and save an estimated $14 million dollars a year.
The action is a part of integrated force structure changes that support recruiting for the Army of 2020. It relocates 67 military and 25 civilian personnel from Fort Jackson to Fort Knox.
Around 3,500 students a year are expected come to Fort Knox for training at the RRS.
The school is temporarily located in building 6579 but will permanently move to buildings 2389 and 2366 in the former 3/1 brigade headquarters complex by Jan. 15.
Commanding General, Maj. Gen. Batschelet visits the Recruiting and Retention School on its first day of classes since relocating to Ft. Knox.
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Seal of the US Army's Recruiting and Retention School.
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Commanding General, Maj. Gen. Batschelet visits the Recruiting and Retention School on its first day of classes since relocating to Ft. Knox.
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