Secretary Congratulates Army Recruiters

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Secretary Congratulates Army Recruiters
November 10, 2008
Army News Service|by Pearl Ingram

SAN ANTONIO, Texas - Secretary of the Army Pete Geren spoke to Army Recruiting Command leaders during a San Antonio recruiter-of-the-year ceremony and congratulated them on exceeding fiscal year 2008 goals.

Recruiting Command's goals for FY 2008 were 80,000 for the active Army and 26,500 for the Army Reserve. The active Army accomplishment was 80,517 and the Army Reserve accomplishment was 26,945.

"Your task is not an easy one," Geren told the award-winning recruiters and their leaders during the luncheon speech.

"It is not an exaggeration to say that without you and the Soldiers you lead in recruiting stations across our country that we would not have the Army we have today - the best-led, the best-trained, the best equipped Army the world has ever known. And it all starts with you."

Geren said that the Army of the 21st century would need to dominate land operations by having fully trained and fully equipped Soldiers to win the battle, win the war, win the peace and build a sustainable peace. They will need to conduct offensive, defensive and stability operations nearly simultaneously he said.


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