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DoD Announces Recruiting and Retention Numbers for Fiscal 2009
<TABLE style="WIDTH: 100%; BACKGROUND: white; mso-cellspacing: 3.7pt; mso-yfti-tbllook: 1184; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 0in 0in" class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellSpacing=5 cellPadding=0 width="100%"><TBODY><TR style="mso-yfti-irow: 0; mso-yfti-firstrow: yes"><TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #f0f0f0; BORDER-LEFT: #f0f0f0; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0in; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent; PADDING-LEFT: 0in; PADDING-RIGHT: 0in; BORDER-TOP: #f0f0f0; BORDER-RIGHT: #f0f0f0; PADDING-TOP: 0in"> DoD Announces Recruiting and Retention Numbers for Fiscal 2009 <O:p</O:p <O:p</O:p The Department of Defense announced today its recruiting and retention statistics for active and reserve components for fiscal 2009. <O:p</O:p <O:p</O:p Active Duty Recruiting for Fiscal 2009. All four services met or exceeded their recruiting goals for fiscal 2009. <O:p</O:p <O:p</O:p -The Army had 70,045 accessions, making 108 percent of its 65,000 goal. <O:p</O:p -The Navy had 35,527 accessions, making 100 percent of its 35,500 goal. <O:p</O:p -The Marine Corps had 31,413 accessions, making 100 percent of its 31,400 goal. <O:p</O:p -The Air Force had 31,983 accessions, making 100 percent of its 31,980 goal. <O:p</O:p <O:p</O:p Active Duty Retention. Retention was successful for all services in fiscal 2009. <O:p</O:p <O:p</O:p Reserve Forces Recruiting for Fiscal 2009. All six Reserve components met or exceeded their goals for fiscal 2009. <O:p</O:p <O:p</O:p -The Army National Guard had 56,071 accessions, making 100 percent of its 56,000 goal and the Army Reserve had 36,189 accessions, making 105 percent of its 34,598 goal. <O:p</O:p -The Navy Reserve had 7,793 accessions, making 101 percent of its 7,743 goal. <O:p</O:p -The Marine Corps Reserve had 8,805 accessions, making 122 percent of its 7,194 goal. <O:p</O:p -The Air National Guard had 10,075 accessions, making 106 percent of its 9,500 goal, and the Air Force Reserve had 8,604 accessions, making 109 percent of its 7,863 goal. <O:p</O:p <O:p</O:p Reserve Attrition. Losses in all Reserve components are among the best in recent years. (Note: This indicator lags by one month). <O:p</O:p <O:p</O:p 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. <O:p</O:p <O:p</O:p 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. <O:p</O:p </TD></TR><TR style="mso-yfti-irow: 1; mso-yfti-lastrow: yes"><TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #f0f0f0; BORDER-LEFT: #f0f0f0; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0in; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent; PADDING-LEFT: 0in; PADDING-RIGHT: 0in; BORDER-TOP: #f0f0f0; BORDER-RIGHT: #f0f0f0; PADDING-TOP: 0in">U.S. Department of Defense Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Public Affairs) On the Web: http://www.defenselink.mil/Releases/ Media Contact: +1 (703) 697-5131/697-5132 Public Contact: http://www.defenselink.mil/faq/comment.html or +1 (703) 428-0711 +1 <O:p</O:p Update your subscriptions, modify your password or e-mail address, or stop subscriptions at any time on your User Profile Page. You will need to use your e-mail address to log in. If you have questions or problems with the subscription service, please e-mail support@govdelivery.com. <O:p></O:p> <!-- BLOGLINK --><O:p</O:p GovDelivery, Inc. sending on behalf of the U.S. Department of Defense · 408 St. Peter Street Suite 600 · St. Paul, MN 55102 · 1-800-439-1420 <O:p></O:p> </TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE> |
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