Economic opportunities, job training and college benefits are top motivators.

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FORT JACKSON, South Carolina (AP) — After several very difficult years and a swath of new programs and enticements, the Army, Air Force, Marine Corps and Space Force will all meet their recruiting ...

Recruiting young men and women to enlist in the U.S. military is a recurring challenge, and the services have largely struggled in recent years — before and coming out of COVID-19. But 2024 saw an ...

For the fourth year in a row, the New York Army National Guard (NYARNG) is outpacing recruiting numbers compared to more than four dozen of its counterparts. The NYARNG has exerted prowess in both ...

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Army recognized its top recruiters for fiscal year 2025 during a ceremony on Jan. 22, 2026, at Joint Base Myer-Henderson Hall’s Conmy Hall, highlighting their major impact in ...

This transcript was prepared by a transcription service. This version may not be in its final form and may be updated. Speaker 1: From the opinion pages of the Wall Street Journal, this is Potomac ...

Obesity among young Americans has been a major challenge for US military recruiters, as has an increase in chronic illness. Military recruitment is not easy. The military has to compete with private ...

Military recruiting is on the upswing, but many recruiters say it's never been harder to get young people interested in service. Phone lists of numbers that once rang a family landline now dead-end at ...