Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Military recruiting is on the upswing, but many recruiters say it's never been harder to get young people interested in service.

Recruiting young men and women to enlist in the U.S. military is a recurring challenge, and the services have largely struggled in recent years — before and coming out of COVID-19. But 2024 saw an ...

FORT JACKSON, South Carolina (AP) — After several very difficult years and a swath of new programs and enticements, the Army, Air Force, Marine Corps and Space Force will all meet their recruiting ...

The U.S. military closed fiscal year 2025 with its strongest recruiting performance in 15 years though the natural instinct to keep momentum remains a flashpoint for all service branches. All ...

Key Points and Summary - U.S. military recruiting is surging in FY2025, with all branches meeting their goals and reversing the crisis of 2022. -The Trump administration credits this turnaround to a ...

Obesity among young Americans has been a major challenge for US military recruiters, as has an increase in chronic illness. Military recruitment is not easy. The military has to compete with private ...

For the fourth year in a row, the New York Army National Guard (NYARNG) is outpacing recruiting numbers compared to more than four dozen of its counterparts. The NYARNG has exerted prowess in both ...

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Army recognized its top recruiters for fiscal year 2025 during a ceremony on Jan. 22, 2026, at Joint Base Myer-Henderson Hall’s Conmy Hall, highlighting their major impact in ...

Military recruiting is on the upswing, but many recruiters say it's never been harder to get young people interested in service. Phone lists of numbers that once rang a family landline now dead-end at ...