The Army, Air Force, Marine Corps and Space Force say they will all meet their recruiting goals by the end of this month and the Navy will come very close.
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The Army has made the biggest comeback, after falling far short of recruiting goals for the past two years. Two years ago,the 60,000 it needed, and last year it again fell 15,000 short of what leaders publicly set as a “stretch goal” of 65,000 recruits. It's a big issue, she said, because the Army and the other services recruit from that population. And other challenges will also continue.
“I’m excited that even though we can’t get everybody that we’ve signed up right now through boot camp by the end of this month, we now have a delayed entry pool for the beginning of next year, which will really prime the pump,” said Navy Adm. Lisa Franchetti, in an interview with The Associated Press.
All of the services try to have a pool of applicants ready to go when they start the year, but they all had to dip heavily into that bank of recruits to make their numbers in recent years.
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