# What's the current re-enlistment rate in the US military?

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [September 23, 2004, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-current-re-enlistment-rate-in-the-us-military/265590 "2004-09-23T01:01:35Z")\
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**Author:** ![MsWhatsit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/eb8c5e/32.png) [@MsWhatsit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsWhatsit)\
**Post date:** [September 23, 2004, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-current-re-enlistment-rate-in-the-us-military/265590/1 "2004-09-23T01:01:35Z")

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I’ve seen a lot of pundits lately throwing around conjecture that the re-enlistment rate is, or will be, lower than usual; is this true? I Googled “reenlistment rate” and couldn’t find anything current. Anyone got the dirt?

I’m also looking for factual proof of the claim I commonly hear that George W. Bush has cut or reduced military/veterans’ benefits. Preferably I’d like to find such information on a non-biased website (e.g., one that doesn’t have a URL like “[bushsucks.com](http://bushsucks.com)”).

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**Author:** ![Squink](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b5e925/32.png) [@Squink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Squink)\
**Post date:** [September 23, 2004, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-current-re-enlistment-rate-in-the-us-military/265590/2 "2004-09-23T01:27:28Z")

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See this related thread [Enlistment rate in U.S. Army–is it dropping?](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=277125) for a bit on what the army is doing to encourage re-enlistment.

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**Author:** ![MsWhatsit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/eb8c5e/32.png) [@MsWhatsit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsWhatsit)\
**Post date:** [September 23, 2004, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-current-re-enlistment-rate-in-the-us-military/265590/3 "2004-09-23T03:15:50Z")

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Ah - thanks. I searched on “reenlistment rate” but didn’t think to search under “enlistment rate”. :smack:

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**Author:** ![samclem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a9a28c/32.png) [@samclem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samclem)\
**Post date:** [September 23, 2004, 3:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-current-re-enlistment-rate-in-the-us-military/265590/4 "2004-09-23T03:27:55Z")

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Since this thread duplicates one in progress, I’ll close it.

**samclem** GQ moderator