Thursday, February 01, 2007

Blue to Green reaches milestone

WASHINGTON — The Army’s “Blue to Green” program, designed to allow airmen, sailors and Marines affected by force shaping to move to the Army, recently hit a milestone, a Defense Department official said here Jan. 24.

“Just in the past couple of weeks we’ve had our 1,000th transfer,” Bill Carr, acting deputy undersecretary of defense for military personnel policy, said in an interview.
An effect of the Air Force and Navy downsizing is fewer opportunities for airmen, sailors and Marines to continue in their career fields, he said. The Army’s Blue to Green interservice transfer program, open to officers and enlisted personnel, affords an alternative to leaving military service.

More information, including guidelines and benefits of the Blue to Green program, can be found at http://www.goarmy.com.