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Army and Navy Prep Courses May Be a Recruiting Crisis Silver Bullet. But Other Services Aren't Interested.

U.S. Marine Corps recruits during an Oath of Enlistment ceremony

The Army and Navy had early recruiting successes with new pre-basic training programs aimed at helping subpar applicants qualify for enlistment, but so far other service branches are reluctant to follow their lead. “I would offer the answer is ‘no,’” Brig. Gen. Christopher Amrhein, who oversees recruiting for the Air Force and Space Force, told […]

Silver Star Awarded to Army Ranger Who Came to Aid of Fellow Troops During Battle of Mogadishu

Retired Army Maj. Larry Moores in front of Gunslinger

More than three decades after his actions during the infamous Battle of Mogadishu, retired Army Maj. Larry Moores has been awarded the Silver Star, the nation’s third-highest award for acts of valor. Moores was presented with the medal in a ceremony March 25 for his role in the fight as a young Army Ranger with […]