The Military Recruiting Outlook Is Grim Indeed. Loss of Public Confidence, Political Attacks and the Economy Are All Taking a Toll. Americans still think highly of veterans, but a majority would recommend against joining the military, particularly in the...
What Recruits Should Know About Physically Preparing to Join the Military Consider joining once you hit a certain level of physical performance and activity.
Coast Guard Announces New 'Talent Acquisition' Rating to Address Recruiting Crisis After failing to meet numbers the past four years, the service is converting recruiting into a career position.
The Army Recruiting Ad Featuring a Soldier with 2 Moms Just Got Harder to Find. Here's Why. The series of ads focused on individual, personable, real service members from diverse backgrounds as a way to appeal to the...
First Wave of Army Noncommissioned Officers Gets Automatic Promotions for Completing Recruiting School Of the 145 soldiers who attended the Army Recruiter Course, 56 NCOs were automatically promoted from sergeant to staff...
The Navy's Personnel Boss Is Confident Data Can Fix the Service's Recruiting Woes The Navy's top personnel officer said Wednesday that the service is short about 22,000 junior sailors at sea, and the service...
Army Sees Sharp Decline in White Recruits The shift in demographics for incoming recruits would be irrelevant to war planners, except it coincides with an overall...
Army Opens New Warrant Officer Recruiting Roles as It Struggles to Fill the Ranks The Army opened up applications for its new "talent acquisition technician" role for warrant officers as part of its efforts...
Putin Speeds Up a Citizenship Path for Foreigners Who Enlist in the Russian Military Putin said last month that 486,000 new soldiers have signed contracts with the military in 2023. He didn't say how many of...
After Long Fight, Army Recruiter Is Released from Service So She Can Return to Marine Corps Marine Corps Gunnery Sgt. Julianna Pinder will report to duty Jan. 8 at the Marine Corps Recruiting RSS East in Aurora...
Troop Pay Safe After Congress Approves Extension of Government Funding Troop pay is no longer in jeopardy after Congress approved legislation to keep the government funded through mid-March and...
They Fought in Iraq’s Bloodiest Battle. Will Their Kids Be the Next Generation of Marines? No matter the profession, parents and children in both civilian and military families must navigate delicate decisions about...
14.5% Junior Enlisted Pay Raise, Restriction on Care for Transgender Military Kids Headed to Biden's Desk The 4.5% raise will be added to all service members' paychecks at the beginning of January, while the remaining 10% extra for...
Army Set to Debut Master Combat Badges in Spring, Memo Says The Army is set to begin awarding Master Combat Badges, which will combine expert and traditional combat badges, next spring...
Police Say Marine Charged with Escort's Murder Googled Whether It's Possible to Scream While Being Strangled In what a local official called a "chilling" case, an active-duty Marine stationed in Florida was arrested and charged with...