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Accession Numbers January 2009
February 10th, 2009
Recruiting continues to go well. The services are having similar success with attaining their new contract objective. Remember, accessions are people who shipped to boot camp after time in the delayed entry program (DEP).
When recruiting is tough, the branch having difficulty will lower standards – i.e. take more non-high school graduates, except people with borderline height weight issues, favorably consider more waivers, reduce ASVAB requirements, etc.
The opposite is true when a branch is doing well, each service has a finite number of personnel budgeted for so expect the branch to get much more picky about who they accept.
The current performance of our economy is forcing people to look at all their options, including service in an active or reserve component of the armed forces. If you see the military as an option in your future you may want to mosey on down and talk about your options. Depending on the type job you want you may already have to wait almost a year to leave for boot camp.
DoD Announces Recruiting and Retention Numbers for January 2009
The Department of Defense announced today its recruiting and retention statistics for the active and reserve components for the month of January.
· Active Component.
· Recruiting. All services met or exceeded recruiting goals for January.
· Army – 9,658 accessions with a goal of 9,000; 107 percent
· Navy – 2,948 accessions with a goal of 2,948; 100 percent
· Marine Corps – 3,720 accessions with a goal of 3,406; 109 percent
· Air Force – 2,600 accessions with a goal of 2,597; 100 percent
Retention. All four active components continued their success in fiscal 2009, meeting or exceeding January retention goals.
· Reserve Component.
· Accessions. Five of the six reserve components met or exceeded
their accession goals for the month of January 2009. Although the Army
National Guard fell short of its January goal, it is well ahead (114 percent) of its
annual goal.
· Army National Guard – 4,913 accessions with a goal of 5,577; 88 percent
· Army Reserve – 3,223 accessions with a goal of 3,128; 103 percent
· Navy Reserve – 712 accessions with a goal of 712; 100 percent
· Marine Corps Reserve – 879 accessions with a goal of 567; 155 percent
· Air National Guard – 896 accessions with a goal of 703; 127 percent
· Air Force Reserve – 683 accessions with a goal of 683; 100 percent
· Reserve Attrition. Losses in all reserve components were within acceptable limits.
UPDATE: Looks like I might be “spot on”
From an interview today;
“It’s not just about the monthly recruiting goal,” Randy Noller, a Guard Bureau spokesman, said. “Right now, we are over our end strength and can slow down on recruiting.”
The Army National Guard now has 366,200 soldiers in its ranks, which exceeds its authorized end strength of 358,200 troops, Noller said.
Since the Army National Guard is recruiting fewer new soldiers each month, it can “increase the quality of people coming in,” Noller said.
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