![The Navy may miss its recruiting goals by 67-hundred sailors this year.
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NORFOLK, Va. — The Navy may miss its recruiting goals by 6,700 sailors this year.
The Chief of Naval Personnel reports that the Navy recruited a total of 9,800 new sailors in the first half of this year, roughly 66% of the service's recruitment target for that period.
The Navy is lagging behind other services, all of which met at least 90% of their recruiting targets during the same period.
This marks the second time in a row that the Navy will miss its mark.
Back in January, the Navy began enlisting people who hadn't graduated from high school or hadn't earned a General Educational Diploma (GED).
The Navy has also raised the age limit for new recruits to the statutory maximum of 41 years old.