Army recruiting shatters data after President Trump election win, inauguration
The U.S. Army just lately introduced it shattered earlier recruiting data, with December 2024 being the best December in 15 years.
The department reported it enlisted practically 350 troopers each day that month, Army officers introduced Tuesday on social media.
“Our Recruiters have one of the toughest jobs – inspiring the next generation of #Soldiers to serve. Congratulations and keep up the great work! #BAYCB,” Army recruiting officers wrote in a publish on X.

Members of the Army National Guard in formation. (U.S. Army National Guard photograph by Spc. Matthew A. Foster)
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Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth took to X to share the information.
“BOTTOM LINE: America’s youth want to serve under the bold & strong “America First” leadership of [President Donald Trump] @realDonaldTrump.”

The Army is making the Future Soldier Preparatory Course a everlasting program. (Nathan Clinebelle/U.S. Army)
In October 2023, the Army unveiled a sequence of sweeping modifications to its recruiting enterprise, together with an expanded give attention to a bigger share of the labor market and the creation of a specialised expertise acquisition workforce.
The Army surged medical suppliers to Military Entrance Processing Stations throughout the nation to assist make the enlistment course of extra environment friendly, and leveraged progressive new applied sciences to succeed in expanded audiences and assist determine candidates excited about navy service.
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There was additionally a notable enlargement of the department’s Future Soldier Preparatory Course, which helps potential recruits overcome educational and bodily health boundaries to service, whereas allegedly “not sacrificing quality for quantity.”

U.S. Army drill sergeant corrects a recruit throughout her first day of coaching at Fort Leonard Wood, Mo., Jan. 31, 2017. Referred to as “Day Zero” this marks the start of the recruit’s journey by Basic Combat Training, the place she’s going to transition from a civilian to a soldier. U.S. Army photograph by Stephen Standifird (U.S. Army photograph by Stephen Standifird )
Still, the U.S. navy missed its recruiting objectives by 41,000 in 2023.
In 2024, the Army introduced it was chopping its power by 24,000 in a restructuring to “help the service fight in future wars.”
The virtually 5 p.c of jobs lower affected posts that remained empty, in line with the Army.
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Fox News Digital’s Stephen Sorace contributed to this story.