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...
Army Opens its Doors to Recruits Who Fail to Meet Initial Body Fat and Academic Standards Amid Recruiting Crisis New enlistees who exceed body fat standards by as much as 6% will be placed into a training program for up to 90 days that...
ASVAB Test Explained The ASVAB test measures a person's strengths, weaknesses and potential for future success in military and civilian...
Coast Guard Turns Eye Toward Recruitment, Retention as It Misses Goals The service has not reached its accession goals since 2018, according to data it provided.
Army Drops Requirement for High School Diploma Amid Recruiting Crisis The service announced that individuals may enlist without previously required education certifications if they ship to basic...
Army Relaxes Tattoo Rules as It Scrambles for New Recruits Tattoos are still forbidden on the face and other parts of the head, with some exceptions for permanent makeup.
Trump Is Renaming 7 Army Installations. Here Are the Stories Behind the Names Being Scrubbed. President Donald Trump's announcement is the administration's latest move in its concerted effort to shift the people and...
Veteran Who Fired at Gunman and Inadvertently Killed Utah Protester Was a Safety Volunteer, Organizers Say Police said that the permit for the protest did not specify that there would be armed security, and that the role and...
Air Force Lowered Annual Recruiting Goal Due to Budget Woes, But Still on Track to Hit Target This Month The Air Force had to reduce its target recruiting goal by several thousand airmen due to ongoing congressional budget delays...
‘They’re Taking Shirly’: An Army Sergeant Thought His Family Was Safe. Then, ICE Deported His Wife. For tens of thousands of U.S. service members with undocumented family members, there’s no guaranteed protection from...
Air Force's Bunker-Buster Bomb Could Take Out Iran Nuclear Facility, But Israel Hints at Other Options The Israeli campaign to prevent Iran from developing nuclear weapons will be considered a failure if the centrifuges deep...
