Do you know what the combined military recruitment goal is for FY 2006-07? I have the Army at 80,000 but haven't found anything else.
For Fiscal Year 2006 (which runs from October 1, 2005 to September 30, 2006), the different branches of the military have the following recruiting goals.
Air Force 30,750
Source: http://www.af.mil/news/story.asp?storyID=123012266
Army 80,000
Source: http://www.usarec.army.mil/hq/apa/goals.htm
Marine Corps 38,980
Source: http://www.usmc.mil/marinelink/mcn2000.nsf/0/f4661d3aecf2a597852570990043a473?OpenDocument
Navy 38,550
Source: http://armedservices.house.gov/schedules/Hoewing-Cotton.pdf
This gives us a combined total recruitment goal of 188,280 for FY06.
There are no figures available yet for FY07.
If you are curious about how military recruiting matches up to these goals so far, check out the monthly news releases below:
October
http://www.defenselink.mil/releases/2005/nr20051110-5089.html
November
http://www.defenselink.mil/releases/2005/nr20051212-5225.html
December
http://www.defenselink.mil/releases/2006/nr20060110-12290.html
January
http://www.defenselink.mil/releases/2006/nr20060210-12475.html