The Air Force anticipated only 50 cases annually when it announced a new pilot program last year that would allow some applicants who drug-tested positive for THC, the active compound in marijuana, a chance to retest and possibly enlist.<\/p>\n
But the Air Force Recruiting Service told Military.com on Tuesday that, within the first year of the program, the service encountered triple that number — granting 165 waivers after candidates retested and were shown to be free of THC.<\/p>\n
That news comes as the Air Force attempts to remove barriers to service after missing its active-duty enlisted recruiting goals for the past fiscal year, which ended Sunday, by roughly 11%. It’s the first time since 1999 the service hadn’t reached its projected numbers.<\/p>\n
Gen. Christopher Amrhein, the Air Force Recruiting Service commander, said during a media roundtable at the Air and Space Force Association’s conference at National Harbor, Maryland, last month that the recruiting situation could have been a lot worse if it wasn’t for the policy changes, such as the THC waiver, they had put in place prior to the end of the fiscal year.<\/p>\n
“Let’s make no mistake, drug usage has absolutely no place in our Air and Space Forces,” Amrhein told reporters. “But allowing a second test in the recruiting process is the right thing to do. For FY23, this policy change allowed us to bring in approximately 165 additional high-quality airmen.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
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