Female Teens Don't See Themselves in the US Military. Here's Why, According to Pentagon Surveys. Surveys find that just 21% of American females ages 16 to 21 were qualified to serve in the U.S. military compared with 25%...
Does the Military Need Social Media Influencers? New military influencers are popping up daily talking about military life -- the good, the bad and the ugly.
Camp Pendleton Marine Recruiter Arrested After Allegedly Contacting Minors for Sex Staff Sgt. Philip Rodriguez was booked after an internet crimes task force received a criminal report in February that...
Army Recruiters in Miami Will Pass Off Paperwork Duties as Service Tests New Strategy to Boost Enlistment The Army is set to launch a pilot program in January at two recruiting stations in the Miami area designed to cut through the...
The Army's Answer to a Lack of Recruits Is a Prep Course to Boost Low Scores. It's Working Started as a trial program two years ago to help boost dismal recruiting numbers, the prep course is fueling the Army’s...
Army and Navy Prep Courses May Be a Recruiting Crisis Silver Bullet. But Other Services Aren't Interested. The Army and Navy had early recruiting successes with new pre-basic training programs aimed at helping subpar applicants...
California Police Arrest Marine Recruiter for Alleged Sexual Assault of 17-Year-Old An active-duty Marine Corps recruiter was arrested last week for allegedly sexually assaulting a 17-year-old girl at a...
I Thought the Marine Corps Would Offer a Better Life. It Was Another Place I Didn't Belong. "The Marine Corps had not been an escape. I did not find belonging or safety within its ranks."
After Barely Meeting Recruiting Goal, Army Aims to Enlist Thousands More Soldiers in Coming Year In a bold move underscoring its need to fill the ranks, the Army has announced a target of 61,000 active-duty enlistments for...
Investment Payoff: Coast Guard Meets Recruiting Goals for First Time in 6 Years An aggressive marketing campaign and investments in personnel and recruiting stations helped the service meet its goals in...
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...
