The U.S. military is tracking strong early-year recruiting figures across the services, a signal it will meet or exceed 2024 performances, military officials told ABC News. The Army and Navy, the two ...

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.

The US military is facing one of its most difficult recruiting environments since the end of the draft, with several branches ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth speaks to senior military leaders in Quantico, Va., on Sept. 30, 2025. Andrew Harnik/Pool via AP ...

Soldiers assigned to the 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault) conduct offensive operations during Exercise Silver Arrow in Adazi, Latvia, September 2023. (Capt. H Howey/Army) The U.S. military spent ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. military spent more than $6 billion over the past three years to recruit and retain service members, in what has been a growing campaign to counter enlistment shortfalls.

SALT LAKE CITY — In a year when the United States was not directly involved in extensive armed conflict, America's military still grabbed plenty of headlines in 2025. But here's one of 2025's most ...

Thousands of potential applicants -- including high school students -- may face challenges in taking the military's entrance exam after a pair of programs that put testers in high schools and remote ...

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 ...