I didn't find reports from June 2003, 2004, and 2005 for easy comparison or that exactly support what you're after. Finding those numbers for each specific force (i.e. Air Force, Army, Marines, Navy, the Reserves for each.) might be more doable by searching the news releases on the DoD site. Another problem is that it seems that they work by fiscal, rather than calendar, year, so there won't be any 2005 figures.
Here's a nice chart from http://www.dod.mil/comptroller/par/fy2004/06-01_Detailed_Performance.pdf, page 19, accessed July 2, 2005.
I've retyped this chart from http://www.asafm.army.mil/fo/fod/cfo/afr/currentyr/two.pdf, page 10, accessed July 2, 2005.
| Table 1: Recruiting | 2002 Actual | 2003 Actual | 2004 Goal | 2004 Actual |
| Active Army | 79,585 | 74,132 | 77,000 | 77,587 |
| Army Reserve | 41,697 | 27,365 | 32,275 | 32,699 |
| Army National Guard | 63,251 | 84,202 | 56,002 | 49,210 |
The info from this retyped chart, doesn't entirely match http://www.dod.mil/comptroller/par/fy2004/06-01_Detailed_Performance.pdf, page 31, accessed July 2, 2005, but that may be because it's from the 3rd quarter.
| Enlisted Recruiting: FY 2004 Performance Through 3rd Quarter | ||
| Army, Active | 55,607 target | 56,165 achieved |
| Navy, Active | 25,729 target | 25,723 achieved |
| Air Force, Active | 26,790 target | 27,082 achieved |
| Marine Corps, Active | 19,761 target | 19,930 achieved |
I found this graphic from the CQ Homeland Security database http://homeland.cq.com.mizuna.cc.columbia.edu:2048
/graphics/weekly/2003/08/02/wr20030802-31troops-map.pdf (subscription database). "Where is the Army Today?" CQ Weekly, August 2, 2003. 1980.
Another adorable graphic from http://www.defenselink.mil/execsec/adr2003/pdf_files/04_Force_Management.pdf, accessed July 2, 2005, page 10.
I searched dod.mil, defenselink.mil, Jane's Online Research, CQ Homeland Security, and ProQuest. (The last three are subscription databases available via various public and acadmic libraries.) Search strategies included:
- search engine--recruitment goal OR goals site:.mil
DOD quantity recruit OR recruitment OR recruiting site:.mil
DOD military 2005 2004 2003 quantity recruit OR recruitment OR recruiting site:.mil
DOD military 2005 2004 2003 quantity recruit OR recruitment OR recruiting "force management risk" site:.mil - dod.mil site--<recruitment and statistics>
- Jane's Online Research--<recruitment and statistics>,<recruitment and statistics and (army or navy or marines or "air force")>
- Proquest: (military and (quantity or number*)) AND (recruit* and "united states") AND (statistic*) AND PDN(>1/1/2000) {the PDN thing means that I was looking only for articles published after January 2000)
Collected links:
- All Services Set to Make 2002 Recruiting Goals
- DOD Announces Monthly Recruiting/Retention Numbers
- DoD Won't Resort to Draft or Sacrifice Quality to Boost Numbers
- Force Management Quadrant
- Force Risk Management
- Where Is the Army Today?
A couple of articles found in ProQuest:
- Army's Top Recruiter Says 2006 May Be Biggest Test Damien Cave. New York Times. (Late Edition (East Coast)). New York, N.Y.: May 13, 2005. pg. A.20
- Recruiting numbers bounce back for Army; [Chicago Final Edition] Associated Press. Chicago Tribune. Chicago, Ill.: Jun 30, 2005. pg. 4
I'm not sure this entirely answers your question, but it's a start. Please write again for clarification or additional research.
Jenna radrefjenna at yahoo
