President Donald Trump on Wednesday touted recruitment numbers for the U.S. Army that show December’s data as the best in 15 years.
The U.S. military has struggled to hit recruitment quotas in recent years. The Army managed to hit its quota for fiscal year 2024, though a relatively low bar may have contributed to the success. In the first quarter of fiscal year 2025, which began in October, recruitment has begun to bounce back.
“I want to share some very exciting news from our military. After years of shrinking force numbers at levels that nobody has ever seen before – 4 years of this we went through and missed recruiting targets every single month – it was just announced that in December, the U.S. Army had its single best recruitment in more than 15 years,” Trump told a cheering crowd at the White House.
“Every single day, nearly 350 new soldiers enlisted to defend our…
