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DoD Announces Recruiting and Retention Numbers for April 2008 (All Services Exceed Yearly Goals)
US DoD - DefenseLink ^ | 05/12/08 | Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense

Posted on 05/15/2008 9:30:47 PM PDT by AKSurprise

The Department of Defense announced today its recruiting and retention statistics for the active and reserve components for the month of April.

Active Duty Recruiting:

April Monthly:All services met or exceeded recruiting goals for the month of April (below) and have surpassed goals for fiscal year 2008 to date.

April 2008:

Army Accessions:5,681 Goal:5,650 101%

Navy Accessions:2,905 Goal:2,905 100%

Marine Corps Accessions:2,233 Goal:1,577 142%

Air Force Accessions:2,435 Goal:2,435 100%

Active Duty Retention. Army, Navy, and Marine Corps met or exceeded their active duty retention objectives.

Reserve Forces Recruiting:

April Monthly. All six reserve components have met or exceeded accession goals through April 2008.

April 2008:

Army National Guard Accessions:6,201 Goal:5,538 112%

Army Reserve Accessions:3,520 Goal:2,937 120%

Navy Reserve Accessions:831 Goal:831 100%

Marine Corps Reserve Accessions:459 Goal:459 100%

Air National Guard Accessions:875 Goal:672 130%

Air Force Reserve Accessions:681 Goal:680 100%

Reserve Attrition: Losses in all reserve components are within acceptable limits.


TOPICS: Front Page News; Government; News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: dod; forcelevels; gwot; pentagon; recruiting; recruitment; troops
So much for the Dhimmicrat propaganda that the war was keeping Americans from joining the military....
1 posted on 05/15/2008 9:30:48 PM PDT by AKSurprise
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To: AKSurprise

well looks like we have alot more high school dropouts and illiterate white trash this year.

/angry sarc

That whole incident still makes my blood boil.


2 posted on 05/15/2008 9:34:31 PM PDT by utherdoul
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To: AKSurprise

Suck on that, Olbermann!


3 posted on 05/15/2008 9:37:37 PM PDT by hole_n_one
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To: AKSurprise

Excellent news for the United States is always bad news for the dem party. Business as usual.


4 posted on 05/15/2008 9:38:44 PM PDT by hsalaw
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