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Marines attain 142% of recruitment goal
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Marines exceed goal for recruits Pauline Jelinek The Associated Press May 13, 2008 WASHINGTON The Marine Corps far surpassed its recruiting goal last month and could eventually be more than a year ahead of schedule in its plan to grow the force to 202,000 members. All military services met or exceeded their monthly recruiting goals in April, with the Marine Corps signing 142 percent of the number it was looking for, the Pentagon said. The Army signed 101 percent of its goal, recruiting 5,681 against a goal of 5,650. The Navy and Air Force met their goals: 2,905 sailors and 2,435 airmen. The Marine Corps enlisted 2,233 recruits against a goal of 1,577. "The Marine Corps, if they continue to achieve the kind of success they have had, could meet their growth figures more than a year early," Defense Department spokesman Bryan Whitman told Pentagon reporters. That would mean by around the end of 2009. Stretched thin by the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, the Pentagon last year recommended that the Army be increased by about 65,000 soldiers to a total of 547,000, and the Marines be increased by 27,000 to 202,000.
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The Air Force Reserve went one over on its goal of enlisting 680 airmen.
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Good on em!
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Maybe this will make liberals happy too because they can stop complaining that "we are on the verge of a nation wide draft under this criminal fascist president."
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McCain 2008  "We make war that we may live in peace" "...peace is the highest aspiration of the American People. We will negotiate for it, sacrifice for it, we will never surrender for it, now or ever." "Oderint dum metuant" "Inartful: clear and straightforward, lacking the artistry that allows subsequent self-refutation and denial." http://members.cox.net/neddy/bobhope_kerfuffles.wmv http://youtube.com/watch?v=RnfflRNpwKA http://youtube.com/watch?v=j-QYIP7o2-A
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13,000 out of 2.9 million prospective graduates for 2008, in the closing months of a school year, doesn’t seem like they are flocking in hordes to join the cause, or be in the number?
But hey if that’s the lack-luster numbers the war mongers need to keep their poor little rich kids from having to do their duty to God and their country, so be it?
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