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 Army, Air Guard maintains end strength By Army Sgt. 1st Class Jon Soucy, National Guard Bureau
 ARLINGTON, Va., - Both the Army and Air  National Guard missed their recruiting goals for June, but their end-strength  numbers are still within congressionally mandated limits, Guard officials said  today. In June, the Army Guard met 94 percent of its monthly  recruiting goal with 4,544 accessions while the Air Guard reached 99 percent of  its goal with 501 accessions. “This is good news for the Guard and the American people  as it demonstrates that our nation and its allies can continue to depend on a  strong and ready force of Citizen-Soldiers despite the high volume of  continuing foreign and domestic demands placed on the National Guard,” said  Maj. Gen. Raymond Carpenter, acting director of the Army National Guard. As of June 30, the Army Guard was just shy of 363,000  Soldiers, which is about 4,700 Soldiers above its congressionally mandated end  strength of 358,200. However, end-strength numbers are authorized to be up to  3 percent above that mandated limit, Guard officials said. Recruiting numbers in both the Army and Air Guard that  were set well before this fiscal year will continue to be adjusted throughout  the remainder of the fiscal year to maintain authorized end strength, Guard  officials said. “We set a goal to bring this many people in, but we may  not need to bring that many people in because people aren’t leaving,” said Air  Force Col. Mary Salcido, chief of recruiting and retention for the Air Guard. High retention rates have also contributed to the  adjusted recruiting goals. “The ability of our leaders at the company level to  impact a Soldier's decision to remain in the ARNG contributes to our ability to  have formations that are available to defend this nation's freedom and protect  its borders,” said Army Lt. Col. Ron Walls, chief of the Army Guard’s strength  maintenance division. Salcido agreed that keeping experienced Airmen in the  service translates to a better qualified force. “The nature of the National Guard is a more mature  force,” she said. “That means we’re a better force, because we’ve been around  the block. We know it, we’ve done it, we’ve fixed it before, and we’re not  going to make the same mistakes.” But the challenge, said Salcido, is balancing that  experience with the needs of a changing mission set. “As far as force management goes, when you change  missions, then you see the leveling of that because the older guys go out,  because they don’t want to retrain,” she said. As a result, recruiting and retention efforts constantly  change to meet those needs. “We have our challenges, but we’re doing pretty good,”  said Salcido. “We’re very proactive with seeing what’s out there first and  changing the way we do business to better meet the needs and challenges we  face. “The future looks great,” she said. “We’re making  end-strength and that’s the ultimate goal.”
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