Army exceeds Special Forces recruiting target, maintaining manpower momentum

WASHINGTON — For the first time in 15 years, the Army has met its recruiting goals for its most elite force. The Army successfully fulfilled its recrui… WASHINGTON — For the first time in 15 years, the Army has met its recruiting goals for its most elite force. The Army successfully fulfilled its recruiting mission for Army Special Forces military occupational specialties on Aug. 24. The service signed 2,963 for its combined active duty and accessions mission, exceeding its Special Forces mission of 2,839. The Army last completed its Special Forces recruiting mission in 2011. The Army assigns its Special Forces troops to different military occupational specialties in weapons, intelligence, communications, medical and operations.

Known as Green Berets, the Soldiers are stationed in Washington state, Japan, North Carolina, Kentucky, Florida and Colorado. The service continues to build on its recruiting momentum after successfully hitting its annual active-duty recruiting targets four months ahead of schedule in May. The Army Reserve recently achieved its recruiting goal of 14,322 in mid-September, fulfilling its mission for the first time in 10 years. The Army National Guard also met its recruiting projections on Sept. 24 and currently has signed 37,654 recruits with a mission of 37,155, or 101.3% of its fiscal year mission. Army Lt. Gen. Johnny Davis, who leads U.S. Army Recruiting Command, said