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Article: NATIONAL GUARD RECRUITING STAYS STRONG; AIR GUARD ZEROES IN ON FULL STRENGTH
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- US Fed News Service, Including US State News
- Article date:
- June 13, 2008
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The National Guard issued the following news release:
By Staff Sgt. Jim GreenhillNational Guard Bureau
The Army National Guard has been so successful recruiting and retaining Citizen-Soldiers that officials purposely slowed May enlistments, the National Guard Bureau has 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.
One example: In 2005, the Army National Guard was short more than 450 chaplains. New recruiting strategies have cut that shortage almost in half, and officials anticipate it virtually closing within two years.
"The last three years have set records," said Chaplain (Maj.) Timothy ...