Posted on 09/08/2006 2:54:36 PM PDT by bnelson44
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DoD Announces Recruiting and Retention Numbers for August
The Department of Defense announced today its recruiting and retention statistics for the active and reserve components for the month of August.
• Active duty recruiting. All services met or exceeded their recruiting goals in August.
• Active duty recruiting from Oct. 1, 2005 to August 31, 2006.
• Active duty retention. All services are projected to meet their retention goals for the current fiscal year. • Reserve forces recruiting. Four of the six reserve components met or exceeded their recruiting goals in July.
• Reserve forces recruiting from Oct. 1, 2005 to August 31, 2006.
• Reserve forces retention. For August, Army National Guard retention was above 119 percent of the cumulative goal of 31,599, and Air National Guard retention was 110 percent of its cumulative goal of 9,236. Both the Army and Air Guard are currently at 98 and 99 percent of their end strength, respectively. Losses in all reserve components for July are well within acceptable limits. The Navy Reserve presents a concern with its increasing attrition rates. Indications are that these trends will continue into August. 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) 874-9048 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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Proud to say that #1 son is in this data set.
But but if this continues we won't need to have a draft.....we're doomed..../sarc
So is mine
Thanks for posting. It certainly disputes the despicable John Murtha's claims that our military is broken and can't meet their enlistment quotas. Of course he doesn't let the truth interfere with his agenda.
Forgive me for being a thread pirate but I have a question that Freepers may be able to help me with. An older man at work, knowing I had served in the AF, asked me a question about something disturbing he had heard. He has a nephew, as well as a friend's son, in the AF. He heard (from them?) that they could be forcibly transferred from the AF to another branch if that branch was not meeting recruiting goals.
I had never heard of such a thing, but I got out in the dark days of clinton. I spoke about AF Com. guys getting attached to an Army or Navy unit or Navy medics serving with Marines, but that I had never heard of forced transfers like he described. I did add the disclaimer that once you signed on the line, you were government property and every one signing knew that and should accept it.
Has anyone else heard of this or is this just anti-military propaganda?
Thanks for the help:
North Alabama Cajon Freeper- FarmerBob
Yeah...here's an article from back in January about the Naval Expeditionary Combat Command: http://home.hamptonroads.com/stories/story.cfm?story=98139&ran=183893
Haven't seen anything that directly says the AF will be doing the same, though, just heard some chatter about it.
There is a blue to green program that allows people with jobs that are being RFT'ed to join the Army without having to go through full blown basic. Instead they go to an abbreviated course. That's a voluntary deal though, not involuntary.
AF Security Police are being used to to secure Army ground convoys. But there are no forceful conversions from one branch to another. The Blue to Green program is voluntary only.
That is my understanding as well. The AF is downsizing and some people may not have a choice if they want to stay in the service but to transfer to another service. However, they can always leave for civilian life.
I was wondering, now that the Army is converting to blue class A's if they will change the name of the program to the "blue to the other blue program". ;-)
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