Services Announce Fiscal Year’s First Quarter Recruiting Numbers

WASHINGTON, Jan. 23, 2012 — All four active-duty ser­vices and four of the six reserve com­po­nents have met or exceed­ed their recruit­ing goals over the first three months of fis­cal 2012, Pen­ta­gon offi­cials announced today.

Here are the fis­cal 2012 recruit­ing num­bers through Decem­ber for the active services: 

— Army: 11,266 acces­sions, for 101 per­cent of its goal of 11,100;

— Navy: 6,689 acces­sions, for 100 per­cent of its goal of 6,689;

— Marine Corps: 5,408 acces­sions, for 100 per­cent of its goal of 5,397;

— Air Force: 7,110 acces­sions, for 100 per­cent of its goal of 7,110.

Four of the six reserve com­po­nents have met or exceed­ed their fis­cal 2012 numer­i­cal acces­sion goals through the first quarter: 

— Army Nation­al Guard: 11,312 acces­sions, for 94 per­cent of its goal of 12,055;

— Army Reserve: 7,638 acces­sions, for 127 per­cent of its goal of 5,991;

— Navy Reserve: 1,798 acces­sions, for 100 per­cent of its goal of 1,798;

— Marine Corps Reserve: 2,346 acces­sions, for 110 per­cent of its goal of 2,126;

— Air Nation­al Guard: 1,832 acces­sions, for 94 per­cent of its goal of 1,959;

— Air Force Reserve: 2,097 acces­sions, for 100 per­cent of its goal of 2,097.

All reserve com­po­nents are on tar­get to achieve their fis­cal 2012 attri­tion goals, offi­cials said. 

Source:
U.S. Depart­ment of Defense
Office of the Assis­tant Sec­re­tary of Defense (Pub­lic Affairs)