He said two hard-hit career fields are the security forces and the air traffic controllers. We are still in a downward trend. We are recruiting and training people as fast as we can to try and backfill several of the critically short career fields, but it will take a while. Today, you could find shortages in almost every career field. But, you'll find they are somewhere along a path to recovery.
Poor retention means combat experience walks out the door.
I have asked my commanders and directors to help me identify root causes for the retention problems across the command. Then I want to try and put in place lasting, enduring, credible fixes. Real fixes may take time, but they last. Gamble said it simply isn't good enough to focus on one problem at a time.