After years of missing goals, the U.S. military’s recruiting slump has flipped. In FY2025 the Army hit its 61,000 target four ...

The military is seeing a surge of new recruits across all branches and the Trump administration is taking credit. The Air Force, Army, Marine Corps, and Navy say they met recruiting goals for the ...

Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth and President Donald Trump addressed hundreds of military leaders at Marine Corps Base ...

The military has again been facing a recruitment crisis. While the numbers could be on the upswing, the shortfalls are still ...

WASHINGTON – Amid a historic surge in military recruiting, the National Guard exceeded its fiscal year 2025 goals, reflecting a broader trend of robust enlistment across the U.S. military. Since ...

In a Sept. 30 address to military leaders and an Oct. 9 Cabinet meeting, President Donald Trump made false claims about ...

The Army and Air National Guard exceeded their fiscal year 2025 recruiting goals last month, enlisting nearly 50,000 new Guard forces for the year, the National Guard Bureau announced Wednesday. As of ...

(This article by Hope Hodge Seck originally appeared in the October 2025 issue of Military Officer, a magazine available to ...

The United States has long participated in programs abroad that prevent the recruitment of child soldiers.But the added strain of fulfilling enlistment quotas necessary to carry out sustained U.S.