Index cards describing why recruits joined the Army are taped to a large board on a wall at Fort Jackson, a U.S. Army Training Center, in Columbia, S.C. Index cards taped to a large board on the wall at Fort Jackson, S.C., reveal the sometimes blunt and gritty reasons that new recruits took a chance at a last-ditch program to …
Airman 1st Class D’elbrah Assamoi, from Cote D’Ivoire, signs her U.S. certificate of citizenship after a ceremony at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland in Texas in 2023. After several difficult years, the Army and Air Force say they are on track to meet their recruiting goals this year, reversing previous shortfalls, using a swath of new programs and policy changes. Now, …
WASHINGTON — After several difficult years, the Army and Air Force say they are on track to meet their recruiting goals this year, reversing previous shortfalls using a swath of new programs and policy changes. Now, with six months of recruiting under their belts — including the historically meager winter months — the Air Force and Army are optimistic they’ll …
CHICAGO — Army recruiters struggling to meet enlistment goals say one of their biggest hurdles is getting into high schools, where they can meet students one on one. During three days of back-to-back meetings across Chicago last month, Army Secretary Christine Wormuth spoke with students, school leaders, college heads, recruiters and an array of young people involved in ROTC or …