Army & USMC no longer announcing recruiting numbers
Jonque Publick
learn the TRUTH about the con men in uniform who'll do anything to make high
school kids raise their right hands and the fact that parents don't give a
shit about the waste of time and lives in Iraq anymore just as long as THEIR
kids aren't wasting their lives in George and Dick's Excellent Adventure in
Ayatollaland?
DoD assumes responsibility for releasing recruiting stats
Individual services no longer authorized to announce numbers at beginning of
the month
By Laura Bailey
June 01, 2005
The Army and Marine Corps, as they struggle with recruiting shortfalls, will
no longer announce their monthly recruiting numbers at the beginning of each
month.
Instead, the Defense Department will release recruiting statistics for all
four services in one consolidated monthly release.
Normally, each service releases its monthly statistics at the beginning of
each month, but a spokesman for Marine Corps Recruiting Command said on June
1 that he was no longer authorized to do so.
In April, the Corps missed its contracting goal by 260 contracts - falling 9
percent shy of its goal to enlist 2,971 recruits - marking the fourth month
in a row that the Corps missed its contracting goal.
But whether the Corps was able to turn that around in May will not be known
until the Defense Department releases the statistics June 10, said Maj.
David Griesmer.
The change will ensure consistency and give Pentagon officials time to
review the data, said Air Force Lt. Col. Ellen Krenke, a Pentagon
spokeswoman.
"We just wanted to release all the information at the same time. It's all
the numbers at once, instead of one service coming out on this day of the
month and another service coming out on another day of the month," Krenke
said.
Under the old system, the individual service statistics were released before
Pentagon leadership could review them, she said.
She said the Defense Department will begin releasing recruiting statistics
for all of the services and the Guard and reserve, which handled them
separately before.
Of all the services, the Army is struggling the most to meet its recruiting
goals. In April, it made just 58 percent of its active accession mission.
Its goal for that month was to enlist 6,600 soldiers, but only 3,821
recruits signed up for service.
For the Corps, the shortfalls began in January, when it missed its
contracting goal for the first time in almost a decade. While the amount of
new contracts has fallen short, the Corps' shipping goal - the number of
recruits who actually show up at boot camp each month - has not yet
suffered.
Corps officials have said that as long as the contracting shortages do not
continue, the Corps could still make its goals for the year.
http://www.armytimes.com/story.php?f=1-292925-886734.php
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