Marine Corps recruiter Staff Sgt. Christopher Giannetti, with Recruiting Substation Naples, Recruiting Station Fort Lauderdale, Fla., speaks with a prospective Marine about opportunities and benefits during a follow up interview June 12, 2013. Giannetti has made 15 Marines during his time as a canvasing recruiter, two of which became platoon honor graduates during boot camp. (Photo by Sgt. Scott Schmidt, 6th Marine Corps District) The appearance of U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) visual information does not imply or constitute DoD endorsement.
By: FEDweek StaffThe Marine Corps marked a 10-year high in recruiting and has exceeded retention goals for fiscal year 2024, which ends Sept. 30.
“This is a historic year for retention,” said Lt. Gen. Michael J. Borgschulte, Deputy Commandant for Manpower and Reserve Affairs.
The figures show that the Marines attracted 114 percent of the number of new recruits it sought in fiscal ’24, while reenlisting 5,700.
The service attributed its success to a shift to an “invest and retain” approach, away from “recruit and replace.”
There also has been a focus on encouraging retention through selective retention bonuses for Marines in critical military occupational specialties.
Additionally, the service announced it has doubled the number of active-duty members who transition into the reserve component, and tripled the number of former Marines who decided to rejoin.
“Retention directly enhances our service’s lethality,” Borgschulte said, describing the achievement as “a testament to our engaged, people-focused leaders.”
The Marines expect the success to continue into the next year, through the implementation of retention cohorts that give members whose contracts are expiring the chance to reenlist for multiple years.
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