Here at The Brooks Group, we value all our clients and feel a genuine sense of satisfaction when we learn of their successes.

Today, we take particular pride in congratulating two of our client organizations — the military recruiters from the Air Force Reserve and the Air National Guard. We have had the honor of partnering with these organizations since 2000 and 2007, respectively. Both organizations completed their recruiting cycles for Fiscal Year 2008 with record levels of productivity, despite the unique challenges posed by recruiting in a wartime environment.

The Air Force Reserve’s recruiters attained 104.9% of goal, accessing 8,390 Airmen against a target of 8,000. 2008 marks their eighth straight year of surpassing their recruiting requirements.

The Air National Guard recruiters also produced spectacular results. They accessed 11,935 new Guardsmen against a target of 11,243 – an impressive 106.2% of goal.

By achieving their recruiting goals, the recruiters enable their respective branches of the Armed Forces to maintain the highest levels of readiness necessary to ensure the security and safety of all Americans. They also provide tremendous opportunities to the young people of our country who commit to military service.

To all the men and women who recruit for the Air Force Reserve and Air National Guard, we congratulate you on your remarkable achievements and offer our sincerest thanks for your service to our great nation. Your work is immeasurably important to all of us as Americans. You are indeed ‘America’s finest!’

Best of luck in 2009.

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Greensboro, NC, August 20, 2008 - The Brooks Group’s Board of Directors has recently announced the resignation of former Chief Operations Officer, Laura Hamilton. Hamilton joined The Brooks Group at its inception in the early 1980s, and contributed to its growth and success for several years before leaving to begin her own flourishing professional speaking career. In 2007, she was hand-selected by the organization’s founding CEO, Bill Brooks, to return and lead the company from the interim COO position following his diagnosis with cancer. Her longstanding knowledge of the inner-workings and history of the organization, in conjunction with her impeccable interpersonal and leadership skills, proved to be instrumental in ushering The Brooks Group through the trying period following Brooks’ passing.

Laura Hamilton’s contributions to the success of the company are indelibly felt, and greatly appreciated by all who had the pleasure of working with her. She returns to a highly lauded professional speaking career with the sincere best wishes and admiration of all at The Brooks Group.

The transition in leadership was scheduled as part of a four-phase, tiered program of strategic development set underway shortly before Brooks’ passing in October of 2007. The Brooks Group enters Phase II with long-time corporate lawyer and Brooks Group affiliate Richard Gabriel continuing in the positions of President and Chief Executive Officer.

“It is with immeasurable satisfaction and pride that we announce our shift into Phase II. We have the added pleasure of knowing that we do so considerably ahead of the goals we’d projected,” Gabriel noted. “By every creative, performance and financial benchmark, the Brooks Group is performing at its peak.”

This new stage of the company’s development includes several adjustments planned in order to accommodate its recent, unprecedented growth. Among those maneuvers outlined by the Board of Directors’ growth plan is a scheduled, permanent appointment to the COO position once filled by Hamilton.

CEO Gabriel stated, “After our rigorous and detailed search for our new chief of operations, we are pleased to announce that former Director of Military Affairs Kevin Reinert will assume the position of Chief Operating Officer. We are thrilled that the most qualified candidate comes to us from internally, and move forward with every confidence that Kevin is the best fit for the company, its associates, and ultimately its clients. The Brooks Group is blazing a trail for its brightest days, and the appointment of Kevin Reinert to this integral position will do everything to fuel our continued success.

Kevin Reinert joined The Brooks Group in 2005, following a highly distinguished 28-year career with the United States Air Force. A Magna Cum Laude graduate of Adelphi University, Kevin also graduated with honors from the Department of Defense Information School and the Air War College. He retired with the rank of Colonel after most recently serving as Director of Public Affairs for the Air Force Reserve. Reinert also earned his expertise in professional selling first-hand, while on the job as an Air Force Recruiting Officer for 14 years.

Although he will be taking on the role of COO immediately, Kevin Reinert will remain the primary point of contact for The Brooks Group’s government-sector and military clientele — a role that currently includes the ongoing training of more than 1,000 military recruiters and retention specialists for the US Air Force Reserve and the Air National Guard.

Director of Information Technology, Jared Miles summed up the enthusiasm and optimism prevalent within the company by stating, “We are all incredibly excited, both by our recent progress, and the revolutionary advancements we have in store for our existing training programs.”

Phases III and IV of the strategic growth agenda include the addition of several new sales and support staff positions, new training program offerings, and the addition of cutting-edge options for the delivery of existing training curriculum.

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