Outgoing Air Force Recruiting Commander Says Service Is on 'Solid Ground' After Pandemic Slump

Lucian Nemoiu

The head of the Department of the Air Force 's recruiting efforts, who has overseen the service's turnaround from missing its goal for the first time since 1999 to hitting it three months early, believes those slumps are solidly in the rearview mirror. Brig. Gen. Christopher Amrhein has served as the commander of the Air Force Recruiting Service since June 2023 -- a role he's set to leave later this month. In an interview with Military.com where he looked back on the Air Force's recruiting