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U.S. Army will meet recruitment goal in 2006
WASHINGTON - The Army will meet its goal of recruiting 80,000 new active-duty soldiers this fiscal year but will fall short in the percentage of high school graduates as the education level of enlistees dips below the norm of the past decade, according to senior Pentagon officials.
The Army's apparent success in meeting the U.S. military's biggest recruiting mission marks a significant rebound from last year, when the Iraq war, low unemployment and a shortage of recruiters contributed to the service's failure to make its active-duty target for the first time since 1999.
Pentagon officials attributed the gains primarily to the active-duty recruiting force, which grew from 5,100 in 2005 to 6,600 this year.
In addition, Congress authorized a doubling of the maximum enlistment bonus from $20,000 to $40,000. It also instituted special recruiting incentives, such as extra pay of as much as $500 a month for recruiters who exceed their goals and a $1,000 bonus for soldiers for each person they refer to recruiters who completes boot camp.
The influx of new soldiers bodes well for the all-volunteer military engaged in its first sustained combat, boosting the Army's active-duty manpower by roughly 10,000 troops.
WASHINGTON POST
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