The Association of the U.S. Army is releasing seven new podcasts in April, including an update from Army Human Resources Command and information on the Army’s new installation strategy.
First up in the “Army Matters” series is a conversation with Command Sgt. Maj. Anthony McAdoo, the new senior enlisted leader for Human Resources Command.
As the Army gears up to implement its modernized human resources system by the end of this year, every soldier in the Regular Army and the Army Reserve must update their personnel files in the current system in order to make the new one effective, the service’s top personnel officers said.
The Integrated Personnel and Pay System–Army is the Army’s 21st century human resources, pay, personnel and talent management system.
The Army closed fiscal 2016 paying $172.8 million in unemployment compensation, the lowest level for the service in 13 years, according to the U.S. Army Human Resources Command.
It marked the first time the amount has dipped below $200 million since fiscal 2003, when it came in at $152 million. The 2016 figure is also far below the peak of $515 million, which was paid in fiscal 2011.
Army officials credit several initiatives preparing soldiers to establish civilian careers for the declining unemployment compensation.
