New in 2019: The Army’s got a big end strength gap to fill this year
By: Meghann Myers  
Senior Army leadership has known for years that recruiting new soldiers has only been getting tougher, but even so, they set an ambitious goal of 80,000 new soldiers for fiscal year 2018.
It didn’t totally work out, as the service fell short with 70,000 by late September, after dropping the goal down to 76,500 earlier in the year. And though retention was higher than its ever been, the Army’s end strength did not go up at all in 2018.
“So, if you ask me how we did recruiting? Phenomenal,†Sergeant Major of the Army Dan Dailey told Army Times in September, adding that 70,000 is still more recruits than in the past decade.
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