The Department of Defense announced today its recruiting and retention statistics by the active and reserve components for the month of June.

Active duty recruiting. The Army, Navy, Marine Corps and Air Force met or exceeded their recruiting goals in June.

Active duty retention. All services met or exceeded their overall retention goals for June and are projected to meet their retention goals for the current fiscal year.

Reserve forces recruiting. Four of the six reserve components, the Army Reserve, Air National Guard, Air Force Reserve and Marine Corps Reserve met or exceeded their June recruiting goals.

Reserve forces retention. For June, Army National Guard retention was 105.9 percent of the cumulative goal of 23,647, and Air National Guard retention was 110 percent of its cumulative goal of 8,860. Losses in all reserve components in May were lower than projected, and that trend is expected to continue into June. We continue to monitor the effects of the increased use of our reserve components on retention rates.

Fiscal Year-to-date Summary

Fiscal 2005 Active Duty Enlisted Recruiting from Oct. 1, 2004- June 30, 2005

Fiscal 2005 Reserve Component Enlisted Recruiting from Oct. 1, 2004- June 30, 2005

Detailed information on specific recruiting data can be obtained by contacting the individual military recruiting commands at (502) 626-0164 for Army, (210) 565-4678 for Air Force, (703) 784-9454 for Marine Corps and (901) 874-9444 for Navy. The reserve components can be reached at the following numbers: National Guard Bureau (703) 607-5934; Army Reserve (404) 464-8490; Air Force Reserve (703) 697-1761; Navy Reserve (504) 678-6055; and Marine Corps Reserve (504) 678-6535.