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...
After Long Fight, Army Recruiter Is Released from Service So She Can Return to Marine Corps Marine Corps Gunnery Sgt. Julianna Pinder will report to duty Jan. 8 at the Marine Corps Recruiting RSS East in Aurora...
Hoping to Retain Experienced Airmen, Air Force Tweaks 'Up or Out' Policy The Air Force is automatically adding two years to the length of time enlisted airmen can stay in the same rank before having...
Top Enlisted Leader at Air Force Special Operations Command Fired, Facing Investigation Chief Master Sgt. Anthony Green, who advised on the readiness, training and quality of life of enlisted air commandos, was...
Army to Soldiers: Reenlist by Monday if You Want to Claim Incentives While it is not unusual for the Army to curtail incentives after meeting its retention goals, the troops were given little...
Former Air Force Commander Punished with 21 Days' Confinement, Forfeiture of Pay After Guilty Plea Col. Christopher Meeker, the former commander of Wright-Patterson's 88th Air Base Wing, was sentenced Tuesday evening after...
New Air Force Academy Mission Statement Drops Educate, Adds a Different Focus The Air Force Academy has rolled out a new mission statement that drops the word "educate" and adds in a focus on winning...
The Army Is Getting Rid of Athletic Trainers The Army is set to phase out its unit-level athletic trainers -- civilian specialists tasked with providing immediate care...
