FY06 First Term Alignment Plan (FTAP) and Subsequent Term Alignment Plan (STAP) Goals Met

1. CONGRATULATIONS ON ACHIEVING THE FY06 FTAP AND
STAP GOALS.
2. ON 19 JUNE 2006, YOU ATTAINED 100 PERCENT OF THE FTAP GOAL BY
REENLISTING 5,892 FIRST-TERM MARINES, WHILE SUSTAINING AN IMPRESSIVE
97.4 PERCENT MOS MATCH. THIS IS A TREMENDOUS ACCOMPLISHMENT WHICH
EXCEEDS THE FY05 FTAP ACHIEVEMENT BY 11 DAYS. FURTHERMORE, ON 28
JUNE 2006 YOU ACHIEVED 100 PERCENT OF THE STAP GOAL BY RETAINING
6,250 CAREER MARINES. OUR CORPS RETENTION SUCCESS IS DIRECTLY
ATTRIBUTED TO YOUR PERSONAL INVOLVEMENT AND LEADERSHIP. 
3. THE COMMANDERS AND THEIR SERGEANTS MAJOR, WITH THE EFFORTS OF
THEIR CAREER RETENTION SPECIALISTS, WERE THE LINCHPIN IN HELPING OUR
CORPS MEET ITS MISSION IN RETAINING THE BEST AND MOST HIGHLY
QUALIFIED MARINES. THE OUTSTANDING EFFORTS OF ALL NCOS, SNCOS, AND
OFFICERS, IMMEASURABLY CONTRIBUTED TO OUR ACCOMPLISHMENT AND, WILL
HAVE A POSITIVE AND LASTING IMPACT FOR OUR CORPS, IT'S MARINES, AND
THEIR FAMILIES.
4. THE FY07 RETENTION GOAL IS JUST AROUND THE CORNER. FOCUS YOUR
EFFORTS ON EVERY ELIGIBLE MARINE, TO INCLUDE FAMILY MEMBERS. 5. 
WELL DONE ON SURPASSING THE FY06 FTAP AND STAP GOALS AND BEST WISHES
FOR THE COMING YEAR.
6. SEMPER FIDELIS AND KEEP ATTACKING, M. W. HAGEE, GENERAL, U.S.
MARINE CORPS, COMMANDANT OF THE MARINE CORPS.