The Army failed to make its May recruiting goal, the first time since last September that it came up short, the Pentagon announced Monday. But despite growing domestic discontent over the direction of the war in Iraq, the Marine Corps signed up 560 more recruits last month than it had hoped to enlist.

The Army enlisted only 5,101 of the 5,500 recruits it wanted to bring on board, or 93 percent. The Marines did far better, percentage-wise, signing up 134 percent of its goal of 1,665. The Navy and Air Force both met their goals for May — 2,709 and 2,451 recruits, respectively.

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