Newly Graduated Army Data Experts Could Help the Service Reverse Its Recruiting Slump The first of the Army's talent acquisition technicians graduated Thursday, the products of a new warrant officer program seen...
Senators' Latest Idea to Fix Military Recruiting Slump? Sharing Enlistment Data with High Schools The idea is intended to better track data that could be used to help sell military service as a career opportunity amid the...
The Army's Recruiting Problem Is Male A decade of declining recruitment numbers for the Army is almost entirely attributable to a significant drop in male...
Marijuana Testing for Recruits Could End Under House's Must-Pass Defense Policy Bill The provision comes as policies and laws about marijuana are being relaxed around the country, including a move by the...
'Something Bigger than Yourself': Defense Secretary Austin Pitches Service to Historically Black College Austin's call to service comes amid a yearslong recruiting slump as the military service branches desperately try to fill the...
Could Military Spouses Fix DoD's Recruitment Problem? While the rest of the nation has limped away from the 1950s housewife trope, policies that govern military families have not.
How the Army Made a Deal with UFL Football and The Rock Despite Doubts over the Sponsorship's Worth The roughly $11 million deal set the service up to be the premier partner for the league's inaugural season, which started...
Space Force May Soon Offer 8-Year Active-Duty Enlistment Options for New Guardians As the youngest branch of the U.S. military tries to grow its force, longer active-duty contracts may be an option for...
Coast Guard Is Short on Manpower, But Lack of Data Makes 'True Magnitude' Unknown, Watchdog Says A May report from the GAO suggested the Coast Guard is around 4,800 members short, marking the fourth consecutive fiscal year...
Army Expanding Pre-Basic Training Prep Courses to Bring in More Soldiers and Curb Recruiting Crisis The Army is again dramatically expanding its pre-basic training courses that were created to get young Americans into...
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...