[captioning performed by natonal captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2010] >> he's here to talk to you about this past year's recruiting and retention efforts. he is joined today by representatives of the four military services who will talk specifically about their efforts. they are major general donald m. campbell jr. who is the commanding general of the u.s. army recruiting command. brigadier general who is commander of the air force service. commander of navy recruiting command. mr. michael f. applegate, the director of manpower plans and policies divisions, united states marine corps. dr. stanley will provide an overview and then some of the service reps will be making brief statements and then all five will be available to take your questions. and with that, dr. stanley. >> all right. thanks so much, colonel. good afternoon, everyone. i'm really happy to be here today because we have what obviously is a good news story for our -- this past year with recruiting, but i want to emphasize that although we're talking about this past year as the under