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Goldmund Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-12-05 10:46 AM
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Army Guard Misses Recruiting Goal Again (9th straight month)
WASHINGTON - The Army National Guard, a cornerstone of the U.S. force in
Iraq, missed its recruiting goal for at least the ninth straight month in June and is nearly 19,000 soldiers below its authorized strength, military officials said Monday.

The Army Guard was seeking 5,032 new soldiers in June but signed up only 4,337, a 14 percent shortfall, according to statistics released Monday by the Pentagon. It is more than 10,000 soldiers behind its year-to-date goal of almost 45,000 recruits, and has missed its recruiting target during at least 17 of the last 18 months.

"The recruiting environment remains difficult in terms of economic conditions and alternatives," the Army said in a statement released Monday. "We are concerned about meeting the fiscal year 2005 recruiting missions, but we are confident that our recruiting initiatives will take hold and the American public will respond."

Jack Harrison, a spokesman for the National Guard Bureau, said that despite the shortfall, the service is still able to meet its commitments to the Pentagon as well as to state governors, who call on the Guard during disasters and other emergencies.

More: http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20050712/ap_on_go_ca_st_pe/military_recruits
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bryant69 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-12-05 10:51 AM
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1. 9th Straight Month
Actually maybe they will try to work in sympathy over the London attacks into their recruiting pitch. Don't know if it will work; surely if we are going to invade Syria and Iran we need to do that.

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nothingshocksmeanymore Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-12-05 10:51 AM
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2. Tomorrow the story will be revised to state they actually hit it
and exceeded it and their spokesman was mistaken
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Goldmund Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-12-05 10:52 AM
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3. LOL so true.
"We were only expecting 14 recruits!"
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