By the Numbers

Global Security reports that October recruitment numbers look pretty good:

They also note that all services exceeded their retention goals for last month.

Things look almost as good in the Reserves, with the curious exception of the Air National Guard:

I know this data won’t get the same screaming headlines as “Army Fails to Meet Goals,” over a story that admits – in the last graf – that the Army never hits its recruitment goals in the month of August or whatever. And that’s why you read blogs.