U.S. Army recruitment is experiencing a turnaround, with fiscal year 2025 recruiting goals being reached four months ahead of ...

Mr. Hegseth said the military has long been a “family business ... When that kind of doubt is cast, you get serious recruiting problems, like we do right now,” he said. Over the past few years, ...

CLAIM: President Donald Trump and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth are causing military recruitment numbers to ... without some type of waiver for issues such as weight, drug abuse or mental health.

Hegseth took the same merit-based view on promotions and leadership, pledging to cut Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion quotas ...

"We've already seen it in recruiting numbers," Hegseth said ... She added: "Concerns about the Army being, quote, woke, have not been a significant issue in our recruiting crisis.

Experts note that recruiting problems are top of mind at ... colleges and more than 150 K-12 schools for military families. “The problem that Hegseth would run into — aside from the academic ...

said military recruiting was his biggest concern ... When that kind of doubt is cast you get serious recruiting problems like we do right now.” Hegseth said he believes the country will ...

Hegseth’s personal show of strength mirrors that seen in the military’s latest recruitment ads — which ... Ted Cruz (R-Texas) took particular issue with the ad for portraying a “woke, ...

In a post on X, Hegseth shared a report from the Military Times on a study ... in recent years due to plummeting recruitment numbers. Despite the problems with overweight servicemen being known ...

WASHINGTON − Pete Hegseth ... military experts hit back hard at Hegseth's comments. Lory Manning, a retired Navy captain who served more than 25 years, said the military could face a ...

Hegseth reiterated Trump's promise to reinstate – with rank and back pay – the 8,000 military members who were wrongfully discharged for refusing to take the COVID-19 vaccine.