Best Summer in Years

Okay, I’ll say it.

This may be one of the best Guard and Reserve hiring summers we’ve seen in a while.

Not because every unit is easy to get into. They’re not. Good squadrons are still good squadrons. But there is movement. F-35, F-16, F-15EX, C-5, HC-130, HH-60, KC-135...the whole team.

Old aircraft are leaving. New aircraft are showing up. Conversions are happening. Units are rebuilding identity after mission changes, airline pull, retention weirdness, and a few years where the pipeline felt like it was being run by a haunted fax machine.

Then stack ops tempo on top - Alert. Deployments. Upgrades. Instructor shortages. New mission sets. Old jets that still need love until the last one leaves. New jets that arrive with a giant training bill attached.

That creates churn. And churn creates openings. Not easy. Not guaranteed.

But lively. - And after a few weird years, lively is pretty nice.

Excited to see you out there!