Early Momentum: Army Hits 30,000 Recruits, Half its Goal for the Year

Six U.S. Army recruits sworn in

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 […]

The Army Is Reducing Job Choice for New Recruits in 2 Critical Fields

The Army Is Reducing Job Choice for New Recruits in 2 Critical Fields

New Army recruits going into two of the service’s most critical fields will no longer be able to choose which specific jobs they enlist into, according to an internal service email reviewed by Military.com. Both the field artillery and air defense fields, which each have several jobs within them that center around different weapons and […]

Army Sees Sharp Decline in White Recruits

Six new recruits sworn in at a baseball game

The Army’s recruiting of white soldiers has dropped significantly in the last half decade, according to internal data reviewed by Military.com, a decline that accounts for much of the service’s historic recruitment slump that has become the subject of increasing concern for Army leadership and Capitol Hill. The shift in demographics for incoming recruits would […]

Nearly 1 in 3 Female Recruits Were Injured in Army Basic Training Last Year

Combat lifesaver course at Fort Benning, Georgia.

Women are at least twice as likely as men to be injured in Army basic training, according to data collected over six years by the service. Most of those injuries were musculoskeletal — meaning they affect the bones, muscles, joints and tendons of female recruits. Military.com obtained the injury data as the Army is looking […]

100 Soldiers Awarded Recruiting Ribbon as Army Struggles to Find New Recruits

Army infantry recruits t march to the confidence course on Fort Benning.

More than 100 soldiers have earned the Army’s new recruiting award as the service leans on existing troops to bring enlistees into the ranks and help fill gaps amid a historic recruiting slump. The Army recruiting ribbon has been given out to 104 soldiers, according to internal service documents reviewed by Military.com. In addition to […]