DoD Centralizes Recruiting Reports

Effective this month, the Defense Department will release armed services recruiting statistics, including those of the reserve components, on the 10th day of each month, a DoD spokeswoman said June 2. The change was made to ensure a more consistent release of recruiting information, said Air Force Lt. Col. Ellen Krenke. That was not necessarily the case under the previous policy, she said. In the past, recruiting information usually was available to the public on the first day of each month, Colonel Krenke said. However, reserve component figures sometimes were not available until the middle of the month, she said. “The service personnel chiefs have said that they can have their numbers ready by the 10th of each month, and that’s what we’re going to do,” Colonel Krenke said. The change also provides DoD leaders more time to review recruiting data before it is released, she said.