Politics – As terrible as this might sound, whenever someone asks me about enlisting, I'm tempted to encourage them. I figure that the more people who enlist, the slimmer the chances that I'll get called back up. But of course this is ridiculous: No one in their right mind would enlist now, whereas I've already signed the papers.
FTA
"No one in their right mind would enlist now,"
Really?
DoD Announces Recruiting and Retention Numbers March 2008
http://www.defenselink.mil/releases/release.asp...
The Department of Defense announced today its recruiting and retention statistics for the active and reserve components for the month of March.
Active Duty Recruiting.
March Monthly. All services met or exceeded recruiting goals for the month of March (below) and have surpassed goals for fiscal 2008 to date.
March 2008 Accessions Goal Percent
Army 6,066 6,000 101
Navy 2,909 2,909 100
Marine Corps 2,234 1,632 137
Air Force 2,093 2,093 100
Active Duty Retention. Army and the Marine Corps retention continued with a strong showing this month; both are exceeding year-to-date goals.
Reserve Forces Recruiting.
March Monthly. All six reserve components met or exceeded their accession goals through March 2008.
March 2008 Accessions Goal Percent
Army National Guard 6,048 6,040 100
Army Reserve 4,304 3,543 121
Navy Reserve 865 865 100
Marine Corps Reserve 553 553 100
Air National Guard 946 784 121
Air Force Reserve 720 719 100
DoD Announces Recruiting and Retention Numbers for FY 2007
http://www.defenselink.mil/releases/release.asp...
The Department of Defense announced today its recruiting and retention statistics for the Active and Reserve components for Fiscal Year 2007.
· Active Duty Recruiting Fiscal Year 2007. All Services met or exceeded their recruiting goals for FY 2007.
Annual â;; End of Fiscal Year 2007 Accessions Goal Percent
Army 80,407 80,000 101
Navy 37,361 37,000 101
Marine Corps 35,603 35,576 100
Air Force 27,801 27,801 100
· Active Duty Retention. Retention remains extremely strong in the active force with all Services having met or exceeded their aggregate year-to-date targets. The Marine Corps surpassed its overall aggregate reenlistment mission (110%) allowing them to exceed their FY07 targeted end strength by a comfortable margin. Air Force final information is pending.
Reserve Forces Accessions Fiscal Year 2007. Four of the six Reserve components met or exceeded their accession goals for FY 2007.
Annual â;; End of Fiscal Year 2007 Quantity â;; YTD
Accessions Goal Percent
Army National Guard 66,652 70,000 95
Army Reserve 35,734 35,505 101
Navy Reserve 10,627 10,602 100
Marine Corps Reserve 7,959 7,256 110
Air National Guard 9,975 10,690 93
Air Force Reserve 7,110 6,834 104
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"When I voluntarily enlisted in the Army, I remember asking my recruiter about the fine print on the contract about being called back up to active duty once my enlistment was completed. He assured me not to worry, that every contract said that and it would only happen if "World War III" broke out."
He was correct and didn't lie. Your enlistment, spelled out clearly, is for 8 years. If you enlisted 5 years ago ya have 3 years to go.