Army Recruiting, it is Looking Worse and Worse.

Delayed entry is a popular tool for both the Army, and those who are joining up. The new recruit knows when he or she is going in, and the army is assured of a new warm body coming in.

At the start of the 2004 recruiting cycle the Army had over 33,000 people on the delayed entry list.

At the start of the 2005 recruiting cycle the Army had over 14,500 people of the delayed entry list (a decline of over 50%)

At the start of the 2006 recruiting cycle, the Army hopes to have 7,200 people on the delayed entry list (another drop of over 50%), and remember this is what the army hopes to have.

The army also hoped to have 80,000 new troops added to the force in 2005, and it looks like they will miss that target by about 12,000 bodies.

Thanks George for destroying our Army.