Companies and Universities Can Help Reverse Military Recruiting Shortfalls Threatening America's National Security Military recruiting shortfalls threaten our national security during a critical time as two wars that could quickly escalate...
Navy's Personnel Boss Argues Dropping High School Diploma Requirement Has 'Minimal' Risk Vice Adm. Rick Cheeseman said the change has long been in the works and is about offering Americans opportunities as much as...
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...
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...
