NEWS RELEASE from the United States Department of Defense

No. 1173-05
IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Nov 10, 2005
Media Contact: (703)697-5131
Public/Industry Contact: (703)428-0711

DoD Announces Recruiting and Retention Numbers for October


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



·        _Active duty recruiting. _ All services exceeded their recruiting goals in
October.





  Service
_Accessions_

_Goal_

_Percent_


_Army_

4,925

4,700

105%


_Navy_

2,268

2,244

101%


_Marine Corps_

2,760

2,700

102%


_Air Force_

2,180

2,161

101%





·        _Active duty retention.  _ All services exceeded retention goals for the
month of October.



·        _Reserve forces recruiting. _ _ _ Four of the six reserve components met
or exceeded their recruiting goals for October.






_Service_

_Accessions_

_Goal_

_Percent_


_Army National Guard_

4,050

3,970

102%


_Army Reserve_

2,198

2,133

103%


_Navy Reserve_

724

811

89%


_Marine Corps Reserve_

692

688

101%


_Air National Guard_

588

1,010

58%


_Air Force Reserve_

700

693

101%





·          _Reserve forces retention. _ For October, Army National Guard retention
was 98  percent of the cumulative goal of 2,456, and Air National Guard retention
was 110 percent of its cumulative goal of 986. Losses in all reserve components for
September, which was the end of Fiscal 2005, were within acceptable limits.
Indications are that trend has continued into October.



            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 (985) 874-5669; and Marine Corps Reserve (504) 678-6535.