The Army surpassed its recruiting goal for June, the Pentagon said Monday, marking the 13th consecutive month the service met or exceeded its target.

The Navy met its goal and Air Force and Marine Corps exceeded theirs slightly, according to Defense Department statistics.

Recruiting is especially important to the Army, which has been stretched thin by the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. The active-duty Army, which is offering a wider array of financial incentives for potential recruits and has put thousands more recruiters on the street, found 8,756 new recruits last month, compared with its target of 8,600, the Pentagon said.

Recruiting numbers are still going strong for all branches in sharp contrast to just over a year ago when the Army was missing it's goals month after month for the first time in decades. The Army has beat it's goal for the last 13 months straight and other branches are either breaking even or beating their goals as well. The Army obviously has the toughest recruiting job as they are the ones most often sent into combat and while we are at war with Iraq many people are afraid they'll have to go to war.

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