By Greg Hadley
Easing the rules that barred some recruits from joining the Air Force helped bring in
10,000 Airmen and Guardians over the past 18 months, said the head of Air Force
Recruiting, Brig. Gen. Christopher Amrhein. The rule changes that enabled those
recruits to join the force came out of work by a cross-functional team organized to
identify and eliminate "barriers to service" that were driving otherwise qualified recruits
to seek out other options, including joining the Army and Navy.