Imagine that. Trump gets elected and in the first part of the year, the U.S. military has its best recruitment rate in a dozen years.
No one wanted to be part of Joe Biden’s military. But Trump retakes the role of Commander In Chief and the recruits just roll in!
Per our news Secretary of Defense, Pete Hegseth, the totals in December after Trump’s election were the best seen in over a decade.
BREAKING: In December 2024, the @USArmy had its best recruiting number in 12 years.
In January 2025, the Army hit its best recruiting number in 15 YEARS.
BOTTOM LINE: America’s youth want to serve under the bold & strong “America First” leadership of @realDonaldTrump.
— Pete Hegseth (@PeteHegseth) February 4, 2025
According to Military.com:
The Army is set to dramatically expand how many new recruits it can send to basic training this spring, riding the momentum of recent gains toward reversing a recruiting slump it has struggled with in recent years.
By April, the service expects to have 10 additional basic training units established across Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri, and Fort Sill, Oklahoma — some of which are already established. In total, that would allow the Army to train up to 9,600 new recruits per year, according to Lt. Col. Randy Ready, a service spokesperson.
The move comes as the Army hit a major recruiting milestone. In January, Military.com was first to report the service reached the halfway mark toward its ambitious goal of bringing in 61,000 active-duty soldiers this fiscal year, which began in October. With recruiting numbers trending upward, officials are banking on a surge to sustain momentum and close the gap left by past shortfalls.
All branches of the military except the Marines has been failing to meet recruitment goals for the last four years.
It looks like that is changing.
And you know why!
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