The Secretary of Defense, Pete Hegesh, and Senator Tom Cotton attributed the increase in the recruitment numbers of the army to “first America” leadership and “the Trump effect”.
However, the data indicates that recruitment numbers began to improve months before the presidential elections of the United States, according to a former official.
“You had a number of young men and women who did not wanted Cotton said “America’s Newsroom” of Fox. “That is why young men and women join our army. They do it because they love the country.”
The increase in recruitment began months before the elections of November 5.
“No, not everything started in December,” said former Army Secretary Christine Wormuth, who served until January 20, in an interview with Fox News.
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Senator Tom Cotton, Republican from Ark., Praised the election of President Donald Trump for having a positive effect on the recruitment of the army, but the numbers tell a different story. (Bill Clark/CQ-Roll Call, INC through Getty Images)
“Army recruitment began to improve much earlier. We really began to see the numbers, the monthly numbers, rise in February 2024. We were seeing in the high contracts of 5000 per month, and that accelerated, you know, in the spring until August, when the army really reached a peak. “
As of October 2023, the Army put 1,200 recruiters in the field. In September 2024, before the elections, the Army announced that it had exceeded its recruitment objectives.
The October base was established when Wormuth and General Randy George, the Army Chief, began a radical initiative to help those who did not meet academic standards or physical aptitude requirements. The six -week boot camp, called Future Soldier Prep Curs, helps low performance recruits to meet enlistment standards. They also moved away from recruiting secondary schools to publish on work message boards. The recruiters were trained by Amazon, Wells Fargo and other leaders of the industry in talent acquisition. In addition, the army brought back the brand campaign “be everything that can be” of the 1980s.
“We have been selecting soldiers who have personalities that are more appropriate to recruit. We improve our marketing in a very dramatic way in terms of being very driven by the data and very directed. And then, of course, the course of preparation of the future soldier , which established the army some time ago, it has been a great success and has counted last year for approximately 25% of the new recruits that arrived, “Wormuth said. “If you look at our army ads, we show young people, you know, jumping from helicopters. We show the children doing, you know, night patrols in the jungle.”
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Army data shows that the army has fought with recruitment numbers from COVID, including a 15,000 recruit deficit in 2022.
He reported record recruitment in December 2024, with almost 350 recruits that are ready daily and the total number of active service soldiers that reach 5877 recruits that month. Secretary Hegesh praised recruitment numbers in an X publication.
“@Usarmy: @usarec had its most productive December in 15 years to enlist 346 soldiers daily in the best #usarmy in the world!
“Our recruiters have one of the most difficult works, inspiring the next generation of #Soldiers to serve.
“Congratulations and continue with the great job!”
However, August last year, three months before the elections, saw a greater number of recruits than in December: 7,415 recruits compared to 5,877 in December. January 2025 has not yet exceeded August 2024 for the highest monthly count of last year.
In other words, the positive recruitment trend began before the elections.
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The increase in recruitment numbers resulted in more women. The women constituted 19% of the recruits last year, the highest rate to date.
“For example, at this time, 16% of the general army is women. And thus, having a year in which almost 20% of the new recruits are women is a remarkable increase,” Wormuth said. “In 2024, we also had the highest recruitment for Hispanics.”
There is a delay of approximately 10 to 12 weeks from the moment a recruit enters a recruitment office and really registered due to medical exams and other documents.
“The main reasons why young people hesitate to join the army is for fear of death or injuries, fear of leaving their families, a feeling that perhaps in some way, you know, join the army will put their lives in Wait for a period of time. “Wormuth said. “The concerns about the so -called Wokeness are very low in the list of obstacles to most young people. And the last time the army directed that survey, we really didn’t see a change. That is still a small concern.”
During his recruitment crisis, the Army had seen a fall in the number of families that generally send their children to serve, families whose members have served for generations. Many of these families tended to be white and one of the 10 states that represent almost half of the recruits: Texas (13.3%), California (10.5%), Florida (9.7%), Georgia (5.1%), Carolina del del North (4.6%), New York (4.3%), Virginia (2.9%), Ohio (2.8%), Illinois (2.6%) and Pennsylvania (2.4%).
There are no data that suggest an increase in white men who join the army last year. In fiscal year2024, 40% of the army recruits were caucasics, 25% were black and 26% were Hispanics.
“From the data we saw, there was no discernible change in the young whites who joined the army compared to the spring of 2024. The army had around 7,400 recruits in August, and in December there were around 5,800,” Wormuth said.
The army is also ready to expand its basic training capacity in spring.
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“The US Army Recruitment Command is on its way to overcoming the target of fiscal year 2025 of 61,000 new soldiers and 10,000 additional in the late entry program,” said Madison Bonzo, spokesman for the recruitment command of the recruitment of the recruitment of the recruitment of the recruitment of the Army, in a statement. “As of today, Useec has contracted 59% of the current objective of fiscal year 200.”
Wormuth said: “I would say that we saw in the recruitment numbers of the army, we began to really see traction in February 2024.”
“And we continue to build those numbers until approximately, you know, high 5,000, 6,000 per month in August. And the army has continued that impulse until the end of the year. And I think the winds are behind the army’s back to enter 2025” , he continued.
Former army officials warn that it is dangerous to link the successes of the army recruitment with the electoral cycle, since the military is supposed to be apolitical. The soldiers register not to serve a president or a party but to serve the Constitution.