Even if the age limit is raised, she said, the Marines and Air Force planned to accept new enlistees only through age 35.

An officer, perhaps-one who trained the new enlistees.

As a result, Congress authorized hundreds of new enlistees.

Those representatives, in turn, are encouraged to recruit others and are promised that they will receive a portion of new enlistees' profits.

High school dropouts made up 19 percent of new enlistees this year, up from 6 percent in 2003.

The Navy estimated that by not requiring a diploma, it could recruit 2,600 more new enlistees to help it reach this year's goal of 53,224.

The percentage of high-school graduates willing to serve is falling sharply from year to year; so are the aptitude-exam scores of new enlistees.

Some of these were the newest enlistees - but some were the original ones.

Bonuses for new enlistees will increased to $10,000 from $6,000.

The army has ordered hundreds of new enlistees to go back to their hometown to persuade some of their old neighbors to sign up.