I Thought the Marine Corps Would Offer a Better Life. It Was Another Place I Didn't Belong. "The Marine Corps had not been an escape. I did not find belonging or safety within its ranks."
After Barely Meeting Recruiting Goal, Army Aims to Enlist Thousands More Soldiers in Coming Year In a bold move underscoring its need to fill the ranks, the Army has announced a target of 61,000 active-duty enlistments for...
Investment Payoff: Coast Guard Meets Recruiting Goals for First Time in 6 Years An aggressive marketing campaign and investments in personnel and recruiting stations helped the service meet its goals in...
Air Force Has a Problem Recruiting for Special Warfare Jobs, New Report Finds The Rand Corp. released a study detailing the issues the Air Force has faced in getting recruits to join Special Warfare...
Marine Recruiter Who Wrote ‘Memoir’ About Teenage Recruit Sentenced to Prison Nearly a year after then-Gunnery Sgt. Christopher Champagne self-published a memoir about his inappropriate relationship with...
Marines Surpass Enlisted Recruitment Goal by 1, Officers over a Dozen in Sharp Drop from 2023 Officials said that the service sought to recruit 36,257 Marines this year, squeezing by with 36,286 total -- a difference of...
Army Surpasses its Goal for Recruiting Active-Duty Soldiers, But Just Barely The Army says it has hit recruiting goals for this year following a military wide slump, a sign the service may be overcoming...
Navy Boss Lays Out Ambitious Goals on Ships and Recruiting But Dodges on Accountability The Navy's chief of naval operations, Adm. Lisa Franchetti, rolled out a document this week laying out her vision for the...
Marine Who Published Memoir About Alleged Sexual Abuse of Underage Recruit Faces Court-Martial The charges come nearly a year after Gunnery Sgt. Christopher Champagne published a book that described his own pursuit of a...
Air Force Top Enlisted Leader Says Trainees Carrying Real Rifles at Boot Camp Is 'Desired End State' Chief Master Sergeant of the Air Force David Flosi said during a media roundtable at the annual Air and Space Forces...
The Email Chain Heard 'Round the Corps: Top Enlisted Leader Makes Surprise Visit to Corporal's Graduation Cpl. Andrew Hundley never expected fame, but after becoming a Marine Corps sensation overnight, he wields it with humility...
Retired Rear Admiral Who Served Under Trump Warns of Plans to Politicize Military Justice System Retired Rear Adm. Jim McPherson warned that the Trump administration and leaders in the Pentagon have politicized the...
Pentagon Proposes Ending 14 Advisory Panels, Including Historic Committee Focused on Women in the Services As part of a review to determine whether the boards provide value and contribute to Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's vision...
Army Faces Backlash over Plan to Divert Barracks Funds to Border Mission The decision, reported last week by Military.com, would gut a key portion of the Army's Facilities Sustainment, Restoration...
US Soldier Gets 23 Years for Killing His Pregnant Wife with a Machete And Dumping Her in the Trash Pfc. Dewayne Johnson II pleaded guilty earlier in the week to voluntary manslaughter, obstruction of justice and providing...
