The Department of Defense announced today its recruiting and retention statistics for the active and reserve components for the month of January.
· Active Duty Recruiting.
· January Monthly. All services met or exceeded recruiting goals for the month of January (below) and have surpassed goals for fiscal 2008 to date.
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January 2008
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Accessions
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Goal
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Percent
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|
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8,693
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8,600
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101
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Navy
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3,056
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3,056
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100
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Marine Corps
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3,889
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3,516
|
111
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Air Force
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2,016
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1,960
|
103
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· Active Duty Retention. The Army and Marine Corps are exceeding their year-to-date retention missions. Navy is at 98 percent retention in the aggregate, Air Force is at 91 percent, and both are on track to meet the year end mission goals.
· Reserve Forces Recruiting.
· January Monthly. Four of the six reserve components met or exceeded their accession goals for January 2008; however, all six have made their goals for fiscal 2008 to date.
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January 2008
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Accessions
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Goal
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Percent
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Army National Guard
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5,688
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5,509
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103
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Army Reserve
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3,257
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3,389
|
96
|
|
Navy Reserve
|
951
|
951
|
100
|
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Marine Corps Reserve
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875
|
875
|
100
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Air National Guard
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654
|
675
|
97
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Air Force Reserve
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569
|
569
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100
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Detailed information on specific recruiting data can be obtained by contacting the individual military recruiting commands at (502) 626-0164 for Army, (210) 565-4678 for Air Force, (703) 784-9454 for Marine Corps and (901) 874-9049 for Navy. The reserve components can be reached at the following numbers: National Guard Bureau (703) 607-2586; Army Reserve (404) 464-8490; Air Force Reserve (703) 697-1761; Navy Reserve (504) 678-6055; and Marine Corps Reserve (504) 678-6535.
