Army Hits Annual Recruiting Goal Months Ahead of Schedule
The Army announced Tuesday that it had already reached its annual goal of recruiting 61,000 active-duty soldiers, fueled by efforts to reach out to young Americans who historically have been unqualified to serve and likely a weakening economy. President Donald Trump and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth have praised recruiting momentum as a sign of renewed […]
Army Hits Snag in Effort to Keep Hawaii Training Range Land
The U.S. Army hit a speed bump in its effort to retain training land in Hawaii with the state Board of Land and Natural Resources voting to reject its final environmental impact statement on its proposal to keep a state-owned parcel at the Pohakuloa Training Area on Hawaii island. The ruling is an embarrassing setback […]
Pentagon Hiring Freeze Hits Army, Space Force Base Day Care Centers in Colorado
Day care centers at Peterson Space Force Base and Fort Carson in Colorado are disenrolling some families and pausing waitlists amid staffing issues, the latest impacts of the Trump administration’s hiring freeze throughout the federal government. Two memos, reviewed by Military.com and confirmed as authentic by base officials, both express issues with ongoing staffing challenges […]
Early Momentum: Army Hits 30,000 Recruits, Half its Goal for the Year
The Army is already nearly halfway to meeting its ambitious goal of recruiting 61,000 active-duty soldiers during this fiscal year, according to internal data reviewed by Military.com. The service has 30,000 new enlistments this year — an increase of 6,000 compared to the same period last year, the data shows. The milestone comes as the […]
Why Country Music Legend and Army Vet Conway Twitty Recorded One of His Greatest Hits in Russian
If it weren’t for the U.S. Army, Harold Lloyd Jenkins might have become one of Major League Baseball’s greatest players instead of country music legend Conway Twitty. After graduating from high school, the Philadelphia Phillies offered Jenkins a contract, but the Army drafted the young man before he could sign it. Jenkins was sent to […]
‘Ready, Not Woke’: Republican Criticism Hits a Nerve Amid Army Recruiting Woes
Once sacrosanct, the military has increasingly become a political punching bag in Washington, D.C., but the country’s largest service has lately started taking some swings of its own. “We are a ready Army, not a ‘woke’ Army,” Army Secretary Christine Wormuth told reporters Tuesday. “What I’m trying to talk about now is how that drip, […]