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79T Recruiting and Retention NCO (Army National Guard of the United States)

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Overview

Recruiting and Retention NCOs recruit and retain qualified soldiers for entry into the Army National Guard under applicable regulations. They also supervise recruiting and retention activities.

Minimum ASVAB: GT 110

ASVAB policy: Not policy-reviewed · coverage unknown · as of 2026-10-19

Program scope has not been reviewed.

Policy applicability and coverage of the program's score routes have not been reviewed. Shown-route arithmetic is not an eligibility decision.

Source: smartbook-611-21-ch10c-fy2025 (source date 2025-12). Policy applicability has not been established.

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Core Skills

  • Recruiting and retention under military regulations

Civilian Career Paths

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Human Resources Specialists

Recruiting and retaining qualified National Guard soldiers under applicable regulations provides directly transferable experience for recruiting-focused human resources work.

How to prepare: Complete a civilian hiring-compliance course covering Equal Employment Opportunity guidelines and the Americans with Disabilities Act, then practice applying those rules to a hiring scenario.

What the civilian work involves
  • Interpret and explain human resources policies, procedures, laws, standards, or regulations.
  • Hire employees and process hiring-related paperwork.
  • Maintain current knowledge of Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) and affirmative action guidelines and laws, such as the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA).
Civilian tools and software (examples)
  • Microsoft Excel
  • Workday software

Notes & Sources

Evidence for this guidance (2 documents)
  1. Army COOL MOC feed: 79T Recruiting and Retention NCO (Army National Guard of the United States)

    [1] data/authority/army-codes.json entry 79T (OSD COOL feed, fetched 2026-07-25); DB rank enlisted, authority codeType enlisted

    Supports: Recruiting and retention under military regulations, Human Resources Specialists (O*NET 13-1071.00)

  2. O*NET: Human Resources Specialists

    [2] O*NET 30.3 occupational data

    Supports: Human Resources Specialists (O*NET 13-1071.00)

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