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May 12th, 2008
Posted: 11:27 AM ET

WASHINGTON (CNN) — The U.S. Marines Corps — bolstered by another month
of record high recruiting — is on track to meet its expansion goals a year
early, Pentagon officials said.The corps plans to grow from 175,000 Marines to a force of 202,000 by
2010. At the current rate they could make that goal as soon as next year.

The corps has already met this year’s goal of 189,000 troops.

All the services met or exceeded their recruiting goals last month, but
the Marine Corps exceeded its target for signing up new people, recruiting 140
percent of its April goal.


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