Active-Duty Recruiting Marks Eighth Straight Successful Month

All four services met or exceeded their active-duty recruiting goals for January, defense officials announced today. The January recruiting numbers represented the eighth consecutive month of across-the-board active-duty recruiting successes among the services.

The Army recruited 8,693 active-duty soldiers, 101 percent of its goal, in January.

The Army National Guard bested its January recruiting goal by 3 percent, signing on 5,688 soldiers,

The Marine Corps topped its January active-duty recruitment goal by 11 percent,

The Navy met its January goals for both active-duty and Navy Reserve recruits.

The Air Force exceeded its active-duty recruiting goal for January by 3 percent,

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