{"id":46186,"date":"2024-05-01T20:34:05","date_gmt":"2024-05-01T20:34:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/uncategorized\/2024\/05\/01\/congress-presses-secnav-for-answers-on-recruiting-challenges\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T19:51:26","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T19:51:26","slug":"congress-presses-secnav-for-answers-on-recruiting-challenges","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/news\/your-navy\/2024\/05\/01\/congress-presses-secnav-for-answers-on-recruiting-challenges\/","title":{"rendered":"Congress presses SECNAV for answers on recruiting challenges"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A lawmaker from the House Armed Services Committee grilled Secretary of the Navy Carlos Del Toro Wednesday about how the Navy plans to rectify its <a href=\"https:\/\/www.navytimes.com\/news\/your-navy\/2024\/04\/17\/navy-continues-to-struggle-in-recruiting-as-other-services-near-goal\/\" target=\"_blank\">challenges recruiting new sailors<\/a>, after the service missed its recruitment goals for the first time ever in fiscal year 2023.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Difficulties attracting new recruits have persisted, and the Navy is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.navytimes.com\/news\/your-navy\/2024\/02\/21\/inside-the-navys-quest-to-fix-its-recruiting-crisis\/\" target=\"_blank\">expected to miss its accessions goal<\/a> of 40,600 new sailors by roughly 6,700 this fiscal year. And while the other services hit at least 90 percent of their recruiting targets the first half of fiscal year 2024, the Navy obtained less than 70 percent of its recruiting goals in that span of time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWhy do you think the Navy has had so much more trouble hitting its recruiting goals than the Army or the Air Force?\u201d Rep. Jim Banks, a Republican from Indiana, said during a House Armed Services Committee hearing Wednesday. \u201cI don\u2019t like the Navy losing to the Army or the Air Force in anything, especially when it comes to recruitment. Why are we struggling so much more than the other branches?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/news\/your-navy\/2024\/04\/17\/navy-continues-to-struggle-in-recruiting-as-other-services-near-goal\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"214\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/8209970.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">Navy continues to struggle in recruiting as other services near goal<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">The Navy is performing better than it did last year, but is projected to miss its recruiting goal by roughly 6,700 sailors this fiscal year.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Del Toro explained that the Navy has increased its recruitment goals for fiscal year 2024 \u2014 up from the 37,700 target for the fiscal year 2023.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe\u2019re striving to meet our goals,\u201d Del Toro said. \u201cI think that\u2019s an admirable challenge, right? We\u2019re trying to make up for the shortages that we had in previous years, because it\u2019s all about filling billets at sea, is what it\u2019s all about.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI would love to have a Secretary of the Navy come before us and talk about how you\u2019re disappointed that you\u2019re not reaching your goals and what you\u2019re going to do to reach them,\u201d Banks said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Banks then pressed Del Toro on what the Navy would do to meet its goals. In response, Del Toro said that the service is on track to fill all of its recruiter billets in the near future, and is implementing lessons from the Marine Corps. Likewise, he noted that the service is faring better this year than it did last year.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/news\/your-navy\/2024\/02\/21\/inside-the-navys-quest-to-fix-its-recruiting-crisis\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"204\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/recruit-grad-3.png.png?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">Inside the Navy\u2019s quest to fix its recruiting crisis<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">Navy brass are confident that a raft of new measures will help right the sea service&#039;s listing recruiting numbers.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cYou haven\u2019t given me a single concrete answer to how you\u2019re going to meet those recruits,\u201d Banks said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI think I\u2019ve given you many concrete answers,\u201d Del Toro said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cA lot of hot air,\u201d Banks said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Navy recruited a total of 9,883 new sailors in the first half of fiscal 2024 \u2014 approximately 66.5 percent of the service\u2019s recruitment target for that time period, the Department of Defense reported.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In comparison, the Army obtained more than 94 percent of its recruitment target, while the Air Force, Marine Corps and Space Force all either met or exceeded their recruitment targets the first portion of the fiscal year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In response to these recruiting challenges, the Navy has introduced multiple reforms in recent years. 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