The Department of Defense announced today its recruiting and retention statistics for the active and reserve components for May 2010.

              • Active Component.

                  • Recruiting.  All four active services met or exceeded their accession goals for May 2010. 

                    o Army – 6,296 accessions with a goal of 6,056; 104 percent
                    o Navy – 2,534 accessions with a goal of 2,534; 100 percent
                    o Marine Corps – 912 accessions with a goal of 910; 100 percent
                    o Air Force – 2,227 accessions with a goal of 2,227; 100 percent

                  • Retention.  Army, Navy, Marine Corps, and Air Force retention is at or above the fiscal year-to-date goals for the first eight months of the year. 

              • Reserve Component.  

                  • Recruiting.  Five of the six reserve components exceeded their accession goals for May 2010.  The Army National Guard intentionally slowed accessions for May because it is exceeding its fiscal year-to-date recruiting program.

                     o Army National Guard – 4,429 accessions with a goal of 5,102; 87 percent
                     o Army Reserve – 1,957 accessions with a goal of 1,785; 110 percent
                     o Navy Reserve – 468 accessions with a goal of 434; 108 percent
                     o Marine Corps Reserve – 920 accessions with a goal of 754; 122 percent
                     o Air National Guard – 546 accessions with a goal of 475; 115 percent
                     o Air Force Reserve – 774 accessions with a goal of 695; 111 percent
 
                  • Attrition.  Losses in all reserve components are within acceptable limits.

The Department of Defense announced today its recruiting and retention statistics for the active and reserve components for April 2010.

               • Active Component.

               • Recruiting.  All four active services met or exceeded their accession goals for April 2010.  Navy data are preliminary due to flooding at its personnel command.
                o Army – 6,287 accessions with a goal of 6,056; 104 percent
                o Navy – 2,618 accessions with a goal of 2,618; 100 percent
                o Marine Corps – 798 accessions with a goal of 795; 100 percent
                o Air Force – 2,275 accessions with a goal of 2,275; 100 percent

               • Retention.  Army, Marine Corps, and Air Force retention are above the fiscal-year-to-date goals for the first seven months of the year.  Navy data are unavailable due to flooding at its personnel command.

               • Reserve Component.

               • Recruiting.  The reserve components who reported data exceeded their accession goals for April 2010.  Navy data are unavailable due to flooding at its personnel command.
                o Army National Guard - 6,774 accessions with a goal of 5,150; 132 percent
                o Army Reserve - 2,191 accessions with a goal of 2,070; 106 percent
                o Navy Reserve - the goal was 351; accession data unavailable due to flood
                o Marine Corps Reserve - 705 accessions with a goal of 513; 137 percent
                o Air National Guard - 701 accessions with a goal of 487; 144 percent
                o Air Force Reserve - 829 accessions with a goal of 784; 106 percent

               • Attrition.  Losses in all reserve components are within acceptable limits.

Three of the four services and all of the reserve components met or exceeded their recruiting goals for February, Pentagon officials reported.

The Marine Corps intentionally missed its monthly accession goal to ensure its end strength stays within authorized levels, according to a Defense Department-issued statement.

Here is the breakdown among active duty services:

– The Army had the most recruits – 6,537 toward its goal of 6,389, or 102 percent of its goal.

– The Navy and Air Force both met 100 percent of their monthly accessions at 2,941 and 2,430, respectively.

– The Marine Corps recruited 99 percent of its goal of 919 accessions, with 906 new recruits.

Three of the four active duty services met their retention goals for the first five months of the fiscal year, which began Oct. 1. The Air Force missed the Defense Department’s retention benchmark for its first-term airmen, but attained the benchmarks in all other retention categories, officials said.

All six reserve components met or exceed their recruiting goals, officials said. Here is the breakdown:

– The Marine Corps Reserve met 144 percent of its goal with 738 recruits.

– The Army National Guard met 143 percent of its goal with 6,607 recruits.

– The Army Reserve met 106 percent of its goal with 2,421 recruits.

– Air National Guard met 104 percent of its goal with 554 recruits.

– The Navy and Air Force reserves each met 100 percent of their goals with 454 and 735 recruits, respectively.

All reserve components had acceptable levels of attrition, officials said.

The Department of Defense announced today its recruiting and retention statistics for the active and reserve components for January 2010:

• Active Component.
  • Recruiting.  All four active services met or exceeded their accession goals for January 2010.
    • Army:  8,513 accessions with a goal of 8,393; 101 percent
    • Navy:  3,012 accessions with a goal of 3,012; 100 percent
    • Marine Corps:  3,035 accessions with a goal of 3,024; 100 percent
    • Air Force:  2,593 accessions with a goal of 2,593; 100 percent
    • Retention.  The Army, Navy, Marine Corps, and Air Force retained near or above mission goals through the first four months of fiscal 2010.
• Reserve Component.
  • Recruiting.  All six reserve components met or exceeded their accession goals for January 2010.
  • Army National Guard:  4,402 accessions with a goal of 4,100; 107 percent
  • Army Reserve – 2,272 accessions with a goal of 2,229; 102 percent
  • Navy Reserve – 511 accessions with a goal of 511; 100 percent
  • Marine Corps Reserve – 1,130 accessions with a goal of 819; 138 percent
  • Air National Guard – 563 accessions with a goal of 470; 120 percent
  • Air Force Reserve – 772 accessions with a goal of 772; 100 percent
  • Attrition.  Losses in all reserve components are within acceptable limits.

The Department of Defense announced today its recruiting and retention statistics for the active and reserve components for the month of December 2009.

· Active Component.

· Recruiting. All four active services met or exceeded their accession goals for December 2009.

· Army – 487 accessions with a goal of 403; 121 percent

· Navy – 2,384 accessions with a goal of 2,384; 100 percent

· Marine Corps – 2,221 accessions with a goal of 2,180; 102 percent

· Air Force – 2,834 accessions with a goal of 2,834; 100 percent

· Retention. All four active services retained near or above mission goals through the first three months of fiscal 2010.

· Reserve Component.

· Recruiting. Five of the six reserve components met or exceeded their accession goals for December 2009. The Army National Guard is on track to meet its year-end recruiting goal.

· Army National Guard – 4,175 accessions with a goal of 4,319; 97 percent

· Army Reserve – 2,253 accessions with a goal of 2,050; 110 percent

· Navy Reserve – 496 accessions with a goal of 496; 100 percent

· Marine Corps Reserve – 767 accessions with a goal of 592; 130 percent

· Air National Guard – 692 accessions with a goal of 450; 154 percent

· Air Force Reserve – 917 accessions with a goal of 917; 100 percent

· Attrition. Losses in all reserve components are within acceptable limits.

The Department of Defense announced today its recruiting and retention statistics for the active and reserve components for the month of November 2009:

Active Component.

Recruiting.  All four active services met or exceeded their accession goals for November 2009.

• Army – 7,063 accessions with a goal of 6,858; 103 percent
• Navy – 3,291 accessions with a goal of 3,291; 100 percent
• Marine Corps – 1,789 accessions with a goal of 1,780; 100 percent
• Air Force – 2,894 accessions with a goal of 2,894; 100 percent

• Retention.  The Army, Navy, Air Force, and Marine Corps all continue to exhibit strong retention over the first two months of fiscal 2010.

Reserve Component. 

Recruiting. Four of the six reserve components met or exceeded their accession goals for November 2009.  The Army National Guard and the Air National Guard are currently projected to come in over their budgeted strengths, and have reduced their November accessions accordingly.

• Army National Guard – 3,335 accessions with a goal of 4,322; 77 percent
• Army Reserve – 2,741 accessions with a goal of 2,009; 136 percent
• Navy Reserve – 631 accessions with a goal of 597; 106 percent
• Marine Corps Reserve – 727 accessions with a goal of 579; 126 percent
• Air National Guard – 534 accessions with a goal 700; 76 percent
• Air Force Reserve – 758 accessions with a goal of 457; 166 percent

Attrition.  Losses in all reserve components are within acceptable limits.

All active-duty and reserve-component military branches met or exceeded their recruiting goals for October, Defense Department officials said.

October’s results – the first for fiscal 2010 — continue a successful military recruiting mission that experienced a banner year in fiscal 2009.

Active and reserve military components notched record recruiting numbers in fiscal 2009 and also signed up the highest-quality recruits since the all-volunteer force began in 1973, Bill Carr, deputy undersecretary of defense for military personnel policy, told Pentagon reporters at an Oct. 13 news conference.

Active-duty military recruiting continued its winning ways in October:

– The Army signed up 6,914 active-duty soldiers in October, making 101 percent of its 6,858 goal.

– The Navy signed up 2,926 active-duty sailors in October, making 100 percent of its 2,926 goal.

– The Marine Corps signed up 2,851 active-duty Marines in October, making 100 percent of its 2,843 goal.

– The Air Force signed up 2,198 active-duty airmen in October, making 100 percent of its 2,198 goal.

All four active-duty services also met or exceeded their retention goals for October.

All six reserve components met or exceeded their recruiting goals in October:

– The Army National Guard had 4,425 accessions, making 112 percent of its 3,947 goal.

– The Army Reserve had 3,348 accessions, making 125 percent of its 2,675 goal.

– The Navy Reserve had 671 accessions, making 100 percent of its 671 goal.

– The Marine Corps Reserve had 1,132 accessions, making 144 percent of its 787 goal.

– The Air National Guard had 698 accessions, making 124 percent of its 562 goal.

– The Air Force Reserve had 1,083 accessions, making 100 percent of its 1,083 goal.

Attrition losses for the reserve components are not available, pending corrections and resubmissions from services, officials said.

Carr acknowledged that the current economic downturn probably is having a positive effect on recruiting, but he also pointed to the efforts of military recruiters for the results in fiscal 2009, noting that the military deployed a robust bonus program in which 40 percent of recruits received an average bonus of $14,000.

And last year’s success should positively affect the military’s recruiting mission in fiscal 2010, Carr added.

“You just don’t start recruiting from zero. … You would start with the number [of recruits] that are under contract to report for training in the months ahead,” Carr pointed out.

For example, the Army’s active-duty recruiting goal for fiscal 2010 is about 74,500 soldiers, Maj. Gen. Donald M. Campbell Jr., chief of Army Recruiting Command, told Pentagon reporters at the Oct. 13 news conference.

However, Campbell said, the Army had signed up about 30,000 new active soldiers through delayed-entry programs. And these troops, he said, will count toward the Army’s fiscal 2010 recruiting goal.