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All Military Components Meet, Exceed Recruiting Goals
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| 11/13/07
| Jim Garamone
Posted on 11/13/2007 2:48:22 PM PST by Fido969
The first month of fiscal 2008 was a success for all active and reserve military components. In a meeting with Pentagon reporters today, Pentagon spokesman Bryan Whitman said all components met or exceeded their recruiting and accession goals for October.
On the active-duty side, the Army made 101 percent of its goal of 4,500, with 4,564 recruits. The Navy made 100 percent of its goal of 2,788 recruits. The Marine Corps made 102 percent of its goal of 2,720, with 2,788 enlisting. The Air Force made 100 percent of its goal of 2,656.
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KEYWORDS: demdefeat08; demsuicidewatch; duncan; fred; fred08; hoorah; iraq; military; rats; reagan; recruitment; surge; usaf; usar; usmc
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The military exceeded its FY 07 recruiting goals, and is on track with the FY 08 recruiting.
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posted on
11/13/2007 2:48:24 PM PST
by
Fido969
To: Fido969
But Murtha said our Military is BROKEN beyond repair! And Billyboy said that only Hillary can fix our ills! I am so confused!/s
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posted on
11/13/2007 2:50:56 PM PST
by
SolidWood
("I knew my God was bigger than his. I knew that my God was a real God and his was an idol.")
To: Fido969; 91B; HiJinx; Spiff; MJY1288; xzins; Calpernia; clintonh8r; TEXOKIE; windchime; ...
Now that’s not Lord HAW-HAW Reid says. < / sarc
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posted on
11/13/2007 2:51:28 PM PST
by
SandRat
(Duty, Honor, Country. What else needs to be said?)
To: Fido969
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posted on
11/13/2007 2:51:53 PM PST
by
mdittmar
(May God watch over those who serve,and have served,to keep us free)
To: Fido969
The Guard and reserve components did very well in October, Whitman said. The Air National Guard made 134 percent of its goal of 609 accessions, actually signing up 818 airmen. The Army National Guard also had a very good month, signing up 123 percent of its goal of 4,311 soldiers. The Army Guard signed up 5,305 men and women. Draft, my arse!
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posted on
11/13/2007 3:04:21 PM PST
by
Old Sarge
(This tagline in memory of FReeper 68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub)
To: Fido969
As the Marines say - ‘’recruiting in Texas is like hunting in the zoo.’’
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posted on
11/13/2007 3:08:52 PM PST
by
Lexington Green
(Not one dime to Hollywood traitors)
To: SolidWood
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posted on
11/13/2007 3:12:31 PM PST
by
Red6
(Come and take it.)
To: Fido969
Of course the idiot dems continue to try and undermine our fine young military force for their political agenda but I think most Americans are awake to the threat and are patriotic. At least I hope so.
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posted on
11/13/2007 3:48:46 PM PST
by
tomnbeverly
(The sour sounds of liberal whining is sure to scare away any chance of success.)
To: SolidWood
I guess 102% want to live hand to mouth.
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posted on
11/13/2007 3:56:08 PM PST
by
omega4179
(fred08 dot com)
To: omega4179
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posted on
11/13/2007 3:57:27 PM PST
by
omega4179
("Bring me the broomstick of the wicked witch of the west")
To: omega4179
But the Lefties all say that our poor young men and women hate it, and the military is broken and we need the draft!
Horse puckey, say I.
To: Fido969
How about the goals for minorities, particularly blacks. I’ve heard some black leaders speaking out about fighting the white man’s war and that sort of thing.
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posted on
11/13/2007 4:24:13 PM PST
by
razzle
(The America haters love algore, the God haters love darwin.)
To: Pentagon Leatherneck
102% want to be stuk n irak becuz they can’t get jobs in Bushs’ stewardship of the hoover ekonomy. /s
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posted on
11/13/2007 4:25:16 PM PST
by
omega4179
("Bring me the broomstick of the wicked witch of the west")
To: Fido969
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posted on
11/13/2007 4:26:41 PM PST
by
sono
(Hillary's Campaign Theme Song? Donovan, "Season of The Witch")
To: Fido969
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posted on
11/13/2007 4:33:01 PM PST
by
facedown
(Armed in the Heartland)
To: facedown
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posted on
11/13/2007 4:36:23 PM PST
by
JCEccles
To: RedRover
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posted on
11/13/2007 5:03:08 PM PST
by
lilycicero
(Go Navy!)
To: Fido969
Well, pardon me for being cynical, but my take is the military set their recruitment goals low enough to allow them to meet or barely exceed them.
However, if they say it's enough, who am I to argue?
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posted on
11/13/2007 5:21:50 PM PST
by
be-baw
To: Fido969
There remains in the Republic, those few, who are still all about what this Country stands for and remains to many of us. They are brave young men and women who answer the call. They answer the call to defend the Republic. To learn life skills that you cannot learn at McDonalds, K-Mart, Wal Mart, or Papa John’s Pizza delivery. They learn what it means to be defenders of the flag. To stand up and do what is right. To do it while many in this Republic spit at them, hate them, call them 4-letter word names. But, they stand and rise above those sickening pukes. These young folks deserve our support. I love and cherish each and every one of them who stand up, are counted as defenders of the Republic. I would take these few over those millions of socialist, liberal, Dimocrat voting pukes.
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posted on
11/13/2007 5:26:42 PM PST
by
RetiredArmy
(The Marxist's Dimocrat Party led us to defeat in Vietnam and want to repeat it in Iraq.)
To: be-baw
I assure you, they did not lower the goals.
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posted on
11/13/2007 5:33:13 PM PST
by
lilycicero
(Go Navy!)
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