Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth confirmed Tuesday that preliminary recruitment figures for the military show how interest in serving is quickly rising under President Donald Trump.
Hegseth revealed that the Army had its best recruitment totals in 12 years in December 2024, the first full month after Trump was re-elected.
That was followed by the best recruiting numbers in 15 years as of January 2025, the month in which Trump officially took office.
The conclusion Hegseth drew is that “America’s youth want to serve” under the bold and strong “America First” leadership offered by Trump.
The Army now expects to add 10 more basic training units in April across Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri, and Fort Sill, Oklahoma, according to a report from Military.com. That puts the Army on track to train 9,600 recruits per year.
All of this is quite the shift from the administration of now-former President Joe Biden.
