Military

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

        Active duty recruiting.  The Army, Navy, Marine Corps, and Air Force met or exceeded its recruiting goals in August. 

        Active duty retention.  All services met or exceeded their overall retention goals for August and are projected to meet their retention goals for the current fiscal year.

        Reserve forces recruiting.  Three of the six reserve components, Marine Corps Reserve, Air National Guard and Air Force Reserve, met or exceeded their August recruiting goals.  The Navy Reserve numbers are unavailable due to system failures as a result of Hurricane Katrina.

        Reserve forces retention.  For August, Army National Guard retention was 103 percent of the cumulative goal of 29,472, and Air National Guard retention was 108 percent of its cumulative goal of 9,307. Losses in all reserve components in July were within acceptable limits.  Indications are that trend continued into August.  Attrition remains quite low in the Marine Corps Reserve and the Air Force Reserve. 

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) 784-9454 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) 678-6055; and Marine Corps Reserve (504) 678-6535.