In Focus: Defense Setting the Record StraightPosted on 05/11/2006 5:23:47 PM PDT by bnelson44
For Immediate Release
May 11, 2006
Setting the Record Straight: AP's Misleading Military Recruiting Article
In Focus: Defense
Setting the Record Straight
The Associated Press: "Army Guard, Reserve Fall Short Of April Recruiting Goals." (Lolita C. Baldor, "Army Guard, Reserve Fall Short Of April Recruiting Goals," The Associated Press, 5/10/06)
But The Army National Guard, Air Force Reserve, And Marine Corps Reserve All Have Exceeded Or Achieved Their Year-To-Date Recruitment Goals.
- The Army National Guard Has Recruited 103 Percent Of Its Year-To-Date Goal.
- The Air Force Reserve Has Recruited 105 Percent Of Its Year-To-Date Goal.
- The Marine Corps Reserve Has Recruited 100 Percent Of Its Year-To-Date Goal. (Department Of Defense, "DoD Announces Recruiting And Retention Numbers For April," Press Release, 5/10/06)
For Active Duty Recruiting, All Services Exceeded Their Recruiting Goals In April For The 11th Consecutive Month And Remain Ahead Of Their Year-To-Date Goals. All services are also projected to meet their retention goals for the current fiscal year. (Department Of Defense, "DoD Announces Recruiting And Retention Numbers For April," Press Release, 5/10/06)
The Army Reserve, Air National Guard, And Navy Reserve Fell Short Of Their April Goals Partially Because Of High Active-Duty Retention. "Former active servicemembers have long been the biggest source of reserve-component recruits and a valuable resource, [Air Force Lt. Col. Ellen] Krenke said." (Donna Miles, "Active-Duty Recruiting Tops Goals For 11th Straight Month," American Forces Press Service, 5/10/06)
In April, The Marine Corps Reserve Exceeded Its Recruiting Goal By 1 Percent, And The Air Force Reserve Met Its Goal. (Department Of Defense, "DoD Announces Recruiting And Retention Numbers For April," Press Release, 5/10/06)
Reserve Forces Retention Is High. For April, Army National Guard retention was 110 percent of its cumulative goal, and Air National Guard retention was 102 percent of its cumulative goal. (Department Of Defense, "DoD Announces Recruiting And Retention Numbers For April," Press Release, 5/10/06)
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SNOWFLAKES IN ACTION!!
Love to you Tony.
The Limbaugh Letter....... :)
Sooner or later, the media's outright, baldface lying is going to completely destroy them..........sooner or later......
Time to start sending these daily to the Inky and Daily News with CC's to our family and friends. I will starting tomorrow with a little note. Don't expect our papers to tell you what's really going on. I will be emailing these whenever they come out. Keep passing them on and maybe one day our papers will realize why they are declining, and it's NOT because of advertising revenues!
And let me know when you're out of government so I can deliver the biggest cheesesteak gratuity you've ever seen in you life.
Thank you.
Do what I do. When you see a biased story out of AP DC, call your local paper and speak to an editor, especially the "Wire Editor" if they have someone assigned to that specific job.
Calmly point out the bias and if they agree, remind them that there are other wire services available.
How about a protest outside the Inky's building, we could sell NY Posts.
Gun magazines, silly!
This is exactly what the doctor ordered! Excellent!
Isn't it nice?
Welcome Tony Snow.
Very true. More like Joe American is like a sheep that likes to be led to slaughter by other dumb sheep. In this case the other dumb sheep are the Drive By media and the Rats.
Oh, good grief. This is really nothing new. It's just that Tony's coming out swinging and trying this strategy again. Which is nice and exciting. But amazingly it has been used before, many times. And the media just ignores it and continues doing what they're doing. If their previous pattern continues, Tony Snow will likely begin to transition from hero to goat as the administration continues to be subjected to ridiculous bias and smears. And it won't be his fault, but that's life.
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