DoD Announces Recruiting and Retention Numbers for July

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DoD Announces Recruiting and Retention Numbers for July


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



_ Active duty recruiting. _ The Army, Navy, Marine Corps and Air Force
met or exceeded their active duty recruiting goals in July.








_Accessions_

_Goal_

_Percent_


_Army_

8,085

7,450

109


_Navy_

4,739

4,780

99


_Marine Corps_

3,609

3,505

103


_Air Force_

2,099

2,087

101





_ Active duty retention_. All services met or exceeded their overall
retention goals for July and are projected to meet their retention goals for the
current fiscal year.



_ Reserve forces recruiting._ Two of the six reserve components, the
Marine Corps Reserve and Air Force Reserve, met their July recruiting goals.








_Accessions_

_Goal_

_Percent_


_Army National Guard_

4,712

5,920



80


_Army Reserve_

2,131

2,585

82


_Navy Reserve_

791

1,477

54


_Marine Corps Reserve_

952

950



100


_Air National Guard_

721

827



87


_Air Force Reserve_

672

670



100





_ Reserve forces retention_. For July, Army National Guard retention
was 105 percent of the cumulative goal of 27,664, and Air National Guard retention
was 109 percent of its cumulative goal of 8,552. Losses in all reserve components
in June were within acceptable limits. Indications are that trend will continue
into July. We continue to monitor the effects of the increased use of our reserve
components on retention rates.



_Fiscal Year-to-date Summary_



_Fiscal 2005 Active Duty Enlisted Recruiting from Oct. 1, 2004-July 31, 2005_








_Accessions_

_Goal_

_Percent_


_Army_

55,207

62,385

89


_Navy_

27,761

27,749

100


_Marine Corps_

25,006

24,491

102


_Air Force_

13,546

13,425

101





_Fiscal 2005 Reserve Component Enlisted Recruiting from Oct. 1, 2004-July 31, 2005_