The Army is Having No Issue Retaining Soldiers, Amid a Crisis Recruiting New Ones The service has surpassed more than 100% of its retention goals every year since 2017, including new numbers for 2022,
The National Guard Is Having a Nightmarish Time Keeping Soldiers and Recruiting New Ones This fiscal year, the Army Guard will miss its retention goals by about 14%, or roughly 4,800 soldiers.
Air Force Falls Short of Reserve and Guard Goals amid Recruiting Struggles The commander of the Air Force Recruiting Service said the Guard and reserve numbers were harmed by "recruiting headwinds...
Bill Would Boost Coast Guard Benefits, Pay Members During Federal Shutdowns The Senate's version of the fiscal 2023 Coast Guard authorization bill contains a number of provisions aimed at recruiting...
Army Secretary Blames Bad Press for Making Recruiting Woes Worse Secretary of the Army Christine Wormuth blamed negative stories about mental health issues some soldiers face and seemingly...
Drug and Alcohol Test Results Might Be Waived for Air Force and Space Force Recruits The possible policy change comes as the military as a whole faces a dwindling population of eligible service members and dire...
Air Force Recruiters Receive Pay Cut as Service Scrambles to Meet End of Year Goals Air Force Recruiting Service recruiters will lose $75 in special duty pay each month for fiscal year 2023.
Applications to Service Academies Plummet Amid Recruitment and Pandemic Woes The military continues to grapple with recruitment woes amid a national dip in college enrollment across the country during...
Troops Tell Congress They Wouldn't Have Been Able to Keep Serving Without Abortion Access Some lawmakers have expressed concerns about recruitment and retention in the wake of a Supreme Court ruling that reversed 50...
Army's Top General Vows Not to Lower Recruiting Standards Despite Trouble Finding New Soldiers The Army's trouble recruiting is expected to result in a drop in the size of the force by about 14,000 soldiers by the end of...
Federal Government Shutdown Grinds into a Second Week as Tempers Flare at the Capitol As the federal government shutdown enters a second week, there’s no discernible endgame in sight.
Trump Targets Blumenthal, Calling for Investigation into Senator's Vietnam Service Claims President Donald Trump is targeting U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal again after Connecticut’s senior U.S. senator grilled U.S...
At 50, He Survived Marine Boot Camp — Then Fought at Peleliu and Okinawa When 50-year-old Paul Douglas showed up at Marine Corps boot camp in 1942, the white-haired economics professor looked more...
Ukrainian Drones Attack Russian Cavalry Troops in Rare 21st-Century Encounter A short video circulating online this month appears to show a Russian mounted patrol being struck by a Ukrainian drone near...
When The Government Can Afford Everything Except The Essentials Every shutdown forces the government to decide what counts as “essential.” Air traffic controllers and TSA agents fall into...