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Lawmakers press Pentagon for answers as military recruiting crisis deepens
Politico via Yahoo News· 2 years agoLawmakers from both parties are putting increasing pressure on the Pentagon to fix the recruitment...
Space Force May Soon Offer 8-Year Active-Duty Enlistment Options for New Guardians
Military.com via Yahoo News· 3 months agoThe Space Force hopes to offer new Guardians the option of serving the regular eight-year enlistment...
Big Bonuses, Relaxed Policies, New Slogan: None of It Saved the Military from a Recruiting Crisis in...
Military.com via Yahoo News· 8 months agoDespite a barrage of hefty bonuses, loosened and more progressive enlistment requirements, and even...
US military sees sharp drop in white recruits
The Telegraph via Yahoo News· 5 months agoProportion of white recruits fell from 56.4 per cent in 2018 to 44 per cent last year while number of black and Hispanic recruits remained static - BO...
Opinion: Has a half-century of voluntary military service worked?
Deseret News via Yahoo News· 7 months agoVietnam War veteran and POW Lt. Col. Jay Hess, center, attends a ceremony to recognize and honor...
Marijuana in the military? A push in Congress would loosen cannabis rules, ease recruitment crisis
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 11 months agoWASHINGTON − Bipartisan lawmakers in Congress are looking to relax guidelines surrounding marijuana...
Political fights aren’t discouraging recruits, military recruiters say
Military Times via Yahoo News· 6 months agoMilitary recruiting officials on Wednesday dismissed concerns that perceptions of an increasingly...
National Guard closes end-strength gap, but recruitment woes persist
Army Times via Yahoo News· 11 months agoThe National Guard is still thousands of troops short of meeting its end-strength personnel...
North Korea claims almost 800,000 have signed up to fight against ‘war maniacs’ US and South Korea
The Independent UK via AOL· 1 year agoNorth Korea has claimed that nearly 800,000 of its citizens have volunteered to join the military or...
UK Royal Navy recruits no longer need to know how to swim as enlistment problems mount, report says
Business Insider via Yahoo News· 2 months agoNaval cadets taking a swim around a training ship in 1916.Mirrorpix | Getty Images The UK's Royal...