Navy Secretary John Phelan took to social media Wednesday evening to announce that the Navy had reached its enlistment goal for fiscal 2025. The Navy met its goal three months ahead of schedule, recruiting 40,600 sailors, according to a post on X.
Navy Meets Active-Duty Recruiting Goals Early
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... The Navy met its Fiscal Year 2025 recruiting three months early, Secretary of the Navy John Phelan announced in the video via social media site X.
The service, which also met its goal in Fiscal Year 2024, successfully recruited 40,600 active-duty enlisted sailors for the second year in a row.
Recruiting has been a challenge for the Navy over the past five years, with the Navy failing to meet its goals in Fiscal Years 2022 and 2023. The sea service attributed the increase in recruitment to new programs, like the Future Sailor Preparatory Course, and fixing obstacles in the recruiting process, USNI News previously reported.
The numbers do not include officers or reservists.
"This milestone reflects more than numbers," Phelan said in his video. "It reflects the drive of our recruiters, the innovation of our team, and the courage of thousands of Americans who stepped forward to serve." ...
Or maybe ...
Leo Reisman - Happy Days Are Here Again 1930
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A tune from just after the stock market crash of 1929.
#10: And no medical bills. These young men and women sailors will see the world and have access to excellent, free medical care.
Sidenote: Some USN personnel were injured or killed in Iraq by IEDs when they were cross-trained to fill in for US Army personnel because of manpower shortages: Link: dcas.dmdc.osd.mil
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