DOD Announces Monthly Recruiting/Retention Numbers

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DOD Announces Monthly Recruiting/Retention Numbers


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



_Active duty recruiting. _ The Navy, Marine Corps and Air Force met or exceeded
their recruiting goals in May. The Navy's recruiting goal was 1,939, and it
enlisted 1,947 (100 percent). The Marine Corps' goal was 1,843, and it recruited
1,904 (103 percent). The Air Force goal was 1,037, and it recruited 1,049 (101
percent). The Army missed its May recruiting goal of 6,700 by 1,661 recruits (75
percent).

_Active duty retention_. All services met or exceeded their overall retention
goals for May. The Air Force mid-career rate is below its goal, because of efforts
to reduce its strength by offering voluntary separations in surplus skills. All
the services are projected to meet their retention goals for the current fiscal
year.



_Reserve forces recruiting. _ The Air Force Reserve surpassed its recruiting goal
for the seventh month in a row, enlisting 682 recruits against a goal of 606. The
Army Reserve, Navy Reserve and Marine Corps Reserve brought aboard more recruits in
May than in any previous month during this fiscal year, but still fell short of
their monthly goals of 2,759, 1,143 and 1,038, respectively. The Army Reserve
enlisted 2,269 (82 percent), the Navy Reserve brought aboard 1,074 (94 percent) and
the Marine Corps Reserve had 914 (88 percent). The Army National Guard recruited
4,071 of its 5,791 goal (71 percent). Although the Air National Guard also fell
short of its recruiting mission of 860 by enlisting 675 (78 percent), its
year-to-date recruiting posture remained constant through May. The retention rate
of the Air National Guard is very strong; and they remain within 1 percent of
target.



_Reserve forces retention_. The latest retention figures are for May. Army
National Guard retention was 106.5 percent of the goal of 2,728 and Air National
Guard retention was 105 percent of its goal of 882. The Army and Air National
Guard are projected to meet their overall retention goals. Retention remains very
high in the Air Force Reserve. Losses in all reserve components in April were
lower than projected. We continue to monitor the effects of the increased use of
our reserve components on retention rates.



_Fiscal year-to-date summary is provided below:_

-Fiscal 2005 Active Duty Enlisted Recruiting from Oct. 1, 2004- May 31, 2005-








_Quantity_




_Accessions_

_Goal_


_Army_

40,964

49,285


_Navy_

18,456

18,440


_Marine Corps_

17,241

16,935


_Air Force_

9,047

8,968


_Total_

85,708

93,628





-Fiscal 2005 Reserve Component Enlisted Recruiting from Oct. 1, 2004- May 31, 2005-








_Quantity_




_Accessions_

_Goal_


_Army National Guard_

30,252

39,957


_Army Reserve_

9,552

11,944


_Navy Reserve_

6,484

7,397


_Marine Corps Reserve_

5,154

5,139


_Air National Guard_

5,492

6,866


_Air Force Reserve_

5,831

5,001