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Friday, April 11, 2008

Military Recruiting and Retention Numbers for March 2008

Military News

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

Active Duty Recruiting.
March Monthly. All services met or exceeded recruiting goals for the month of March (below) and have surpassed goals for fiscal 2008 to date.
March 2008
Accessions
Goal
Percent
6,066
6,000
101
Navy
2,909
2,909
100
Marine Corps
2,234
1,632
137
Air Force
2,093
2,093
100
Active Duty Retention. Army and the Marine Corps retention continued with a strong showing this month; both are exceeding year-to-date goals.
Reserve Forces Recruiting.
March Monthly. All six reserve components met or exceeded their accession goals through March 2008.
March 2008
Accessions
Goal
Percent
Army National Guard
6,048
6,040
100
Army Reserve
4,304
3,543
121
Navy Reserve
865
865
100
Marine Corps Reserve
553
553
100
Air National Guard
946
784
121
Air Force Reserve
720
719
100

Related:

Michael Yon, who embeds with our military in Iraq, also has some words about how things are going, via the Wall Street Journal.

I may well have spent more time embedded with combat units in Iraq than any other journalist alive. I have seen this war – and our part in it – at its brutal worst. And I say the transformation over the last 14 months is little short of miraculous.

The change goes far beyond the statistical decline in casualties or incidents of violence. A young Iraqi translator, wounded in battle and fearing death, asked an American commander to bury his heart in America. Iraqi special forces units took to the streets to track down terrorists who killed American soldiers. The U.S. military is the most respected institution in Iraq, and many Iraqi boys dream of becoming American soldiers. Yes, young Iraqi boys know about "GoArmy.com."


Read the whole thing from someone who is there far more than he is not.

H/T Tanker Brothers for the DoD link above.


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