The U.S. Army is upping the ante with its recruiting goal this year, aiming to bring in 61,000 new soldiers by Oct. 1, 2025—about 6,000 more than in fiscal year 2024.
Army Secretary Christine Wormuth announced the recruiting target on Oct. 14 during the opening ceremony for the annual Association of the United States Army (AUSA) conference.
The Army closed out the fiscal year 2024 last month by surpassing its goal of bringing in 55,000 new recruits. After major recruiting misses in fiscal years 2022 and 2023, recruiters brought in more than 55,300 new soldiers to the Army’s active component.
In all, the service brought in about 15,000 fewer new active component soldiers than the 60,000 it hoped for in fiscal year 2022 and about 10,000 fewer new soldiers than the hoped-for 65,000 in fiscal 2023….