Business is good for Citizen-Soldiers
Guard Continues Brisk Recruiting Pace
By Army Staff Sgt. Jim Greenhill
Special to American Forces Press Service
WASHINGTON, June 16, 2008 – The Army National Guard has been so successful recruiting and retaining citizen-soldiers that officials purposely slowed May enlistments, National Guard Bureau officials reported.
The Army and Air National Guard continued a brisk recruiting pace in May that has filled out the ranks of the Guard across the board.
A decade-long decline in recruiting doctors, dentists and physician assistants was reversed in 2007, with a 20 percent increase. Recruiters anticipate a 60 percent increase in 2008 as they execute a four-year recovery program for the field.
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