'The Few, the Proud' aren't so few: Marines recruiting surges while other services struggle
Marine Corps leaders say they'll make their recruiting goal this year, at a time when the active-duty Army, Navy and Air Force expect to fall short PARRIS ISLAND, S.C. -- Not long ago, Marine Col. Jennifer Nash, a combat engineer with war deployments under her belt, made a vow to fellow officers as they headed to a dinner in Atlanta: She would get two new recruiting contacts by the end of the evening. She admits recruiting is not the job that she or other Marines had in mind when they enlisted. But after stints as a recruiter and senior officer at the Eastern recruiting command, she has become emblematic of the Corps' tradition of putting its best, battle-tested Marines on enlistment duty. They get results. Marine leaders say they will make their recruit ing goal this year, while the active-duty Army, Navy and Air Force all expect to fall short. The service s have struggled in the tight job market to com Pet e with higher-paying Business es for the dwindling number of young pe...