Nov. 15 (UPI) -- The Department of Defense released recruiting and retention statistics for the 2018 fiscal year that show the the Army having significant shortfalls in recruiting for it's active, reserve and National Guard components, while the Navy, Air Force and Marines met most of their goals.
The active Army recruited 69,972 soldiers out of a planned 76,500 in fiscal 2018, or 91 percent of it's goal. The Army Reserve and National Guard numbers were much more short of goals, with only 73 percent and 78 percent of their goals met respectively, leaving a total shortfall of planned recruiting for the service at over 25,500 personnel.