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ARMED FORCES
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E d it io n
Men and Women Joining the Military
Armed Services meet enlistment goals
it has been in the past.
New figures show that the milt-
taty serv.ces have jus. completed a
banneryearforrecrum ngandreten-
ally missed its recruiting goal to
stay within end-strength limits.
The serv.ces also set quality
those who are wearing a uniform
today, and we're still proud to have
that in our active and our reserve
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The services met their overall re-
records with 100 percent o f th ere-
cruitsin the Army and Marine Corps
components, and our Guard."
17 to 24 years ofage are even quail-
Mr. Stanley said the propensity fied to enlist, he added.
"R ecruitingisalw aysgo.ngtobe
a challenge " M r s Z k v S “ lfS
o f Americans to enlist is higher than
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cruitingnuinbersand exceeded quali- having a high school diploma. In the
tative goals, Clifford Stanley, the Air Force, the percentage with at
undersecretary of defense for per- least a high school diploma was 95
sonnel and readiness said last week, percent and in the Navy, 98 percent.
The Air Force recruited 28,493
While the high unemploymenl
Airmen, topping a goal o f 28,360. rate has helped spur recruiting, it
The Army had the highest recruit- was not the biggest reason young
disqualified for medical, educational
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Many candidates, he said, are
U.S. Navy recruits stand at attention during training at The Great
Lakes Recruit Training Command in North Chicago, III.
ing goal with 74,500 new Soldiers,
and it recruited 74,577. The Navy
had a goal o f 34,180 Sailors and
recruited 34,140. The Marine Corps
recruited 28,041 young men and
women on a goal o f 28,000.
All o f the reserve components
made their fiscal-year goals, with
the exception o f the Army National
Guard. The Army Guard intention-
men and women decided to join the
military, Mr. Stanley said.
"As we look at where we are right
now in terms o f the challenges fac
ing us, it’s more to it than the
economy," he said. "To a person -
serving their nation, doing it with
honor, being patriots - seems to be
the recurring theme that comes up
every time we look at and talk to
Deployment to
Afghanistan
Navy Petty Officer 1st Class
Shawn M. Richardson, a 1992
g ra d u a te o f M ad iso n H igh
School, recently began an al
most five-month deployment to
Afghanistan.
Richardson is assigned to
Naval Mobile Construction Bat
talion 133, a unit whose primary
mission in Afghanistan will be
providing construction support
to improve the living and work
ing quarters for the 30,000
American troops needed in the
country.
The battalion historically pro-
vides responsive military con
struction support to Naval, Ma
rine Corps, and other forces in
military operations; constructs
base facilities; and conducts de
fensive operations as required
by the circumstances o f the de
ployment situation.
In times o f national emergency
or disaster, the battalion also con
ducts disaster control and re
covery operations in the United
States, including emergency pub
lic works functions.
Richardson joined the Navy
in April 1996.
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