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G-RAP, a recruitment program for the Army National Guard, was a great success. 150,000 new recruits were enlisted. A company called Docupak was awarded $500 million to promote, manage, administer and monitor G-RAP. In 2012, an Army Audit blasted the Army National Guard Command for awarding an illegal contract and Docupak for gross mismanagement. Guardsmen were “encouraged” by their command to serve as “ambassadors” in an effort to boost enlistment during a time of lengthy deployments in two war zones. The ambassadors were called Recruiting Assistants (RAs). Serving as independent contractors for Docupak, they were paid $2000 for each successful enlistment. General Ingram, Director of the ANG, directed Adjutant Generals in all states to investigate every soldier who had served as a recruiting assistant. More than one hundred thousand soldiers have come under review. More than 80,000 are under investigation.