Still Going Strong

Yep… the Marines did it again! 142% of the April recruiting goal—even better than February and March! And all the other services met their goals as well… so much for Colby (Buzzell's] contention that the call up of IRR is due to a dearth of new recruits… maybe he has a special skill set the Army requires?? Or maybe (for the conspiracy set out there) they are just picking on him??

OORAH to all the new Devil Dogs and a big CONGRAULATIONS to all!!!

DoD Announces Recruiting and Retention Numbers for April 2008

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	Accessions	Goal	Percent
Army	5,681	5,650	101
Navy	2,905	2,905	100
Marine Corps	2,233	1,577	142
Air Force	2,435	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	Accessions	Goal	Percent
Army National Guard	6,201	5,538	112
Army Reserve	3,520	2,937	120
Navy Reserve	831	831	100
Marine Corps Reserve	459	459	100
Air National Guard	875	672	130
Air Force Reserve	681	680	100

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