In Downturn, Military Reports Historic Recruiting Success
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- News Source: Press TV | about 1 month agoThe Pentagon, which made the announcement on Tuesday, said high unemployment, which just hit a 26-year-high of 9.8 percent, as well as a multi-billion dollar effort to attract volunteers helped the recruiting. Bill Carr, deputy undersecretary of...
- News Source: The Globe & Mail | about 1 month agoTop commander in Afghanistan looks for a boost in the tens of thousands as Barack Obama prepares to meet with his national security team
- News Source: Gawker | about 1 month agoGovernments and corporations make scads of dough on invasions, attacks, contracts and such. So why shouldn't some of that profit help recruit a record amount of new, financially strapped soldiers , right? The U.S. military has long struggled to meet...
- News Source: Washington Post | about 1 month agoThe military has not seen such across-the-board successes since the all-volunteer force was established in 1973, after Congress ended the draft following the Vietnam War. Just a few years ago, the military routinely fell short of its recruiting...
- News Source: Salem News | about 1 month agoThe Department of Defense announced today its recruiting and retention statistics for active and reserve components for fiscal 2009...All four services met or exceeded their recruiting goals for fiscal 2009. -The Army had 70,045 accessions, making...
- News Source: National Public Radio | about 1 month agoThe Army, Navy, Air Force and Marine Corps met goals for active duty and reserve recruiting during the budget year ended Sept. 30 — the first time that has happened since the all-volunteer force was established, said Defense Department head of...
- Blog Source: minstrelboy.blogspot.comPentagon officials said recruitment gains were fueled by the deepest U.S. recession since the Great Depression and an unemployment rate nearing 10 percent. 'For the first time since the advent of the all-volunteer force, ...
- Blog Source: www.militarylearningcenter.comThe Pentagon spent about $5 billion on all recruiting-related costs in fiscal 2009, according to Curtis Gilroy, the Pentagon's director of accession policy. That enabled the recruitment of 168968 active-duty troops and 127537 reservists, ... The Army
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