US spent $6 billion in the past 3 years to recruit and retain troops
The multi-year effort has been part of a growing campaign to counter enlistment shortfalls.
By Lolita C. Baldor, The Associated Press
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Army to put one-star recruiting hubs in Los Angeles, Atlanta
It's the Army's latest effort to bridge a growing civilian-military divide and stifle the drop in the number of Americans serving in the military.
By Todd South
Navy halts daily COVID-19 updates for stricken ships Theodore Roosevelt and Kidd
The service announced Thursday they will only announce "significant changes" aboard those ships.
As COVID-19 cases continue to rise, the military could throttle how much information it releases
The Pentagon is warning that it could tamp down on the release of coronavirus cases among deployed service members.
Here’s why Army recruiters aren’t taking November off this year
“Last year, we were behind from day one at about 4,000. Right now, the model has us over by about 600,” the head of Army recruiting said Wednesday.
By Kyle Rempfer
Student loan crisis, not Mideast wars, helped Army leaders exceed recruiting goals this year
The service’s leadership said it will exceed this year’s desired active duty end-strength of 478,000 troops.
By Kyle Rempfer
To draw more soldiers, the Army wants more recruiters, bigger budgets and a better slogan
It's getting harder to find new recruits, so the Army is rethinking how it competes to get today's young people.
Recon shortage: Why these elite Marines are facing a manpower crisis
But manpower concerns are not the only issues facing the Corps’ elite and storied recon units.
By Shawn Snow and Andrea Scott
Pentagon now says 7,200 troops are in Iraq and Syria
The Pentagon is trying to downplay troop numbers for both countries.
By Tara Copp, AP
The Pentagon keeps a daily count of troops in Iraq, Afghanistan and Syria — but won’t publicly disclose it
Recent reports suggest that the total number of U.S. troops in Iraq, Syria and Afghanistan may be about 20,000, far more than the official tally of about 14,000.
By Tara Copp, AP