national guard recruiting

• 32 CFR 578.115 - Army National Guard Recruiting and Retention Identification Badges.

• Code of Federal Regulations - Title 32: National Defense

• National Guard Misses Recruiting Goal; Organization Is Nearly 19,000 Soldiers Below Its Authorized Strength

WASHINGTON (AP) - The Army National Guard, a cornerstone of the U.S. force in Iraq, missed its recruiting goal for at least the ninth straight month in June and is nearly 19,000 soldiers below its authorized strength, military officials said Monday. The Army Guard was seeking 5,032 new soldiers in June but signed up only 4,337, a 14 percent shortfall, according to statistics released Monday by the Pentagon. It is more than 10,000 soldiers behind its year-to-date goal of almost 45,000 recruits, and has missed its recruiting target during at least 17 of the last 18 months.

• Telegraph - Herald (Dubuque)
• July 12, 2005

• At Attention

Joe Huss of Laramie was recently promoted to lieutenant colonel in the Wyoming Army National Guard. Huss is the commander of the Recruiting and Retention Battalion in Cheyenne. He has been a member of the Wyoming National Guard for 22 years.

• Wyoming Tribune - Eagle
• October 03, 2011

• National Guard Not Throwing in Towel; Recruiting Officials Predict a Turnaround Even As Bush Administration Plans Cuts

WASHINGTON (AP) - National Guard officials said recruiting has accelerated so much in recent months that they expect to expand the Guard even as the Bush administration proposes to shrink it. The National Guard Bureau, the Pentagon office that administers the Guard, issued a statement outlining a recent turnaround in recruiting and predicting that it will continue to rise this year. The Guard is "aggressively working" to reach the 350,000-troop level by the end of the current budget year on Sept. 30, it said.

• Telegraph - Herald (Dubuque)
• January 31, 2006

• Aiming High National Guard Uses Rock Wall As a Recruiting Tool

Cadet Melanie Wright said climbing a rock wall is a "heart- shaking experience," but one she's glad she endured. A lot of people are afraid of heights, but what you really have to do is just overcome your fear and never say you can't do it," said the Central High School sophomore. "I said I couldn't do it last year, and last year I did it. All you have to do is take it one step at a time and if you start to slip, just go to the next part and just keep on going, no matter what.

• Evansville Courier & Press (2007-Current)
• October 03, 2008

• Iowa National Guard Conducts Unusual Recruiting Program; Guardsmen Will Receive $1,000 for Each of Their Recruits and Another $1,000 If the Recruit Passes Basic Training

JOHNSTON (AP) - The Army National Guard has chosen Iowa to conduct a pilot program in which soldiers join the recruiting effort. And, the Guard is willing to pay up to $2,000 for each recruit.

• Telegraph - Herald (Dubuque)
• December 09, 2005

• Guard's Seventh Grade Program Draws Heat ; the Maine National Guard Says It's Teaching Kids to Make Good Choices, Not Recruiting Them.

The Maine National Guard is facing criticism from an anti-war group about a program that sends uniformed military officers into seventh-grade classrooms around Maine. The group, Maine Veterans for Peace, says the six-week program, which discourages children at 37 schools from using drugs and often culminates in a trip to an outdoor training base, also serves as a military recruiting device.

• Portland Press Herald
• September 25, 2006

• Lawmaker: Military Shouldn't Sponsor Stock Cars

A Minnesota congresswoman has introduced an amendment to a bill to ban the military from sponsoring NASCAR teams. Military branches have been affiliated with NASCAR teams for years, claiming it helped recruiting. National Guard sponsors Dale Earnhardt Jr.'s team, U.S. Army sponsors Ryan Newman's cars and U.S. Air Force sponsors AJ Allmendinger's team in the Sprint Cup Series.

• Roanoke Times & World News
• February 16, 2011

• Roving Grocery Helps Military Families

For military families, the best deals on groceries can be found at their local armory as the West Virginia National Guards roving commissary moves throughout the state. Military personnel and their families wandered around the large hall Sunday afternoon at the National Guard Armory in Charleston scouting out discounted groceries. Some came prepared with lists and coupons while others just stopped in to grab a few things. Sharon Peters, the wife of a retired Airman and program manager for the West Virginia Air National Guards Airman and Family Readiness Program, pushed her cart around the large hall, maneuvering around the makeshift aisles set up by volunteers. She said the temporary commissary has grown over the years both in the quality of the goods and the supply. Its not as extensiv...

• Charleston Daily Mail
• March 08, 2011

• Lewiston Soldier Is Awarded Medal

AUGUSTA - SGM Sandra Beauchesne of Lewiston was awarded the Meritorious Service Medal for outstanding meritorious achievement with Recruiting and Retention Command, Maine Army National Guard. Maine Army National Guard recruiting and retention force has increased the number of soldiers to 100 percent strength for the first time in a decade while supporting the Global War on Terrorism.

• Sun-Journal Lewiston, Me.
• October 25, 2007