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Thursday, May 10, 2007

DoD Announces Recruiting and Retention Numbers for April

DefenseLink News Release

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.  All services met or exceeded their recruiting goals in April. 

Branch

Army

 Navy

Marine Corps

Air Force

Accessions

5,804

2,718

1,899

2,040

Goal

5,400

2,718

1,345

2,040

Percent

107

100

141

100

  • Active duty retention.  The Army, Navy, Marine Corps and Air Force are meeting or exceeding overall retention missions. 

Looks like there's a whole lot of people that believe in the War on Terror. All of these people would have to realize that there is an almost certainty they will be going to war.