WASHINGTON -- The Department of Defense announced today recruiting and retention statistics for the active and reserve components for fiscal 2014, through March 2014.
Active Component.
Recruiting. All four active services met or exceeded their numerical accession goals for fiscal 2014, through March.
Army - 27,886 accessions, with a goal of 27,485; 101.5 percent · Navy - 15,699 accessions, with a goal of 15,699; 100 percent · Marine Corps - 10,571 accessions, with a goal of 10,558; 100.1 percent · Air Force -12,982 accessions, with a goal of 12,982; 100 percent
Retention. All four services exhibited strong retention numbers for the sixth month of fiscal 2014.
Reserve Component.
Recruiting. Four of the six reserve components met or exceeded their fiscal-year-to-date 2014 numerical accession goals. All six reserve components also met or exceeded the DoD quality benchmarks.
Army National Guard - 25,781 accessions, with a goal of 26,521; 97.2 percent
Army Reserve - 13,719 accessions, with a goal of 14,526; 94.4 percent
Navy Reserve - 2,032 accessions, with a goal of 2,032; 100 percent
Marine Corps Reserve - 4,082 accessions, with a goal of 3,967; 102.9 percent
Air National Guard - 4,920 accessions, with a goal of 4,920; 100 percent
Air Force Reserve - 3,217 accessions, with a goal of 2,673; 120.4 percent
Attrition - All reserve components have met their attrition goals or were within the allowed variance. Current trends are expected to continue. (This indicator lags due to data availability.)
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