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IMMEDIATE RELEASE No. 653-06
July 10, 2006

DoD Announces Recruiting and Retention Numbers for June

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

Active duty recruiting. All services exceeded their recruiting goals in June.

	Accessions	Goal	Percent
Army	8,756	8,600	102
Navy	3,961	3,961	100
Marine Corps	4,357	4,129	105
Air Force	2,564	2,548	101

Active duty recruiting from Oct. 1, 2005 to June 30, 2006.

	Accessions	Goal	Percent
Army	51,612	49,700	104
Navy	24,456	24,456	100
Marine Corps	21,103	20,875	101
Air Force	22,959	22,843	101

Active duty retention. All services are projected to meet their retention goals for the current fiscal year.

Reserve forces recruiting. Five of the six reserve components met or exceeded their recruiting goals in June.

	Accessions	Goal	Percent
Army National Guard	5,823	5,743	101
Army Reserve	5,640	4,661	121
Navy Reserve	970	1,021	95
Marine Corps Reserve	1,315	1,281	103
Air National Guard	880	742	119
Air Force Reserve	607	605	100

Reserve forces recruiting from Oct. 1, 2005 to June 30, 2006.

	Accessions	Goal	Percent
Army National Guard	51,477	49,988	103
Army Reserve	25,004	24,836	101
Navy Reserve	6,745	8,152	83
Marine Corps Reserve	6,130	6,076	101
Air National Guard	6,425	6,988	92
Air Force Reserve	5,404	5,208	104

Reserve forces retention. For June, Army National Guard retention was 122 percent of the cumulative goal of 25,239, and Air National Guard retention was 108 percent of its cumulative goal of 7,121. Both the Army and Air Guard are currently at 96 and 99 percent of their end strength, respectively. Losses in all reserve components for May are well within acceptable limits. Indications are that trend will continue into June.

To view a fact sheet on who is volunteering for the military, click here.

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) 784-9455 for Marine Corps and (901) 874-9049 for Navy. 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) 678-1240; and Marine Corps Reserve (504) 678-6535.

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