Army Achieving Recruiting, Retention Goals Early
September 21, 2006
The U.S. Army will meet its fiscal year 2006 active recruiting goal of 80,000 on Sept. 22. The Secretary of the Army, the Hon. Dr. Francis J. Harvey, will conduct a ceremonial enlistment of the 80,000th recruit at the Times Square Recruiting Station in New York City Friday.
Shirley Salvi, 23, a graduate of Rutgers University with a Bachelors of Science Degree in Biology, will enlist and receive language training before assignment as a Signals Intelligence Analyst or a Cryptologic Linguist.
The Army Reserve and the Army National Guard also anticipate meeting their annual recruiting-mission goals this fiscal year, by the end of September.
The Active Army and the Army National Guard previously announced they had met their annual retention missions. The Army Reserve expects to meet its retention mission in the next week.
Specific fiscal year 2006 Army recruiting and retention numbers will be announced by Oct. 10.
To view a fact sheet on who is volunteering for the military, go to:
http://www.defenselink.mil/news/Dec2005/d20051213mythfact.pdf
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Media wishing to cover this event should contact the U.S. Army Public Affairs New York City office at 212-784-0113.
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