Frank Muth, the head of Army Recruiting Command, said on Tuesday that the number of women in the ranks increased from 17.1% to 18%, which he said hasn’t been done since 2004.

As Army Launches Recruiting Drive in Cities, One Recruiter Lays Out the Challenges Potential recruits aren’t worried about Army emphasis on diversity, despite Republican concerns.

STRENGTH IN DIVERSITY Maj. Gen. Jeffrey Snow, commander of U. S. Army Recruiting Command, said Army recruiters can help meet the Army's end strength goals by continually pushing for diversity.

In the fiscal year that ended Sept. 30, 2024, the Army met its recruiting goal of 55,000 and began to rebuild its delayed entry pool. About 24% of those recruits came out of the prep course.

The Numbers Don’t Lie The U.S. Army has pulled off a recruiting miracle. As of early June 2025, it has already signed up over 61,000 new active-duty prospective soldiers—hitting its annual ...

The program is designed to expand the pool of potential Americans who qualify for service in the Army, a move made necessary by a recruiting crisis that has left all branches scrambling to fill ...

“Our nation is only getting more diverse, and so is our Army,” said Sierra Starks, chief of advertising and public affairs for U.S. Army Recruiting, Seattle.

Only one promotion per soldier is allowed. The Army fell about 15,000 soldiers, or 25%, short of its 60,000 recruitment goal last year, when all the branches struggled to meet recruiting goals.

The U.S. Army’s new esports team and its new recruiting videos are all part of its efforts to motivate the youngest generations to find a place within its ranks by highlighting what it has to offer ...