The US military wants to add 44,500 additional troops next year

Last year, Congress approved a total end strength of 1,302,800 active duty troops, which added 26,000 troops to the force across the five branches. The final breakdown was: 454,000 soldiers; 344,600 sailors; 321,500 airmen; 172,300 Marines; 10,400 guardians.
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Military recruiting surge: Hegseth says recruits being turned away

Military recruiting is up, so much so that Hegseth said this week recruits are being turned away. The military wants to budget for another 44,500 troops next year.

Recruiting is up. Now the US military wants to grow the force by another 44,500 troops.

The US military wants to add thousands more troops as recruiting rebounds and rising global demands stretch the force.
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Troops would get up to 7% pay raise under proposed defense bill

President Donald Trump greets troops aboard the USS Wasp in 2019 in Yokosuka, Japan. (Evan Vucci/AP) The White House is requesting a pay raise for lower-ranked enlisted service members in its fiscal 2027 budget. In the proposed budget for the Department of ...

Can the nearly $1 trillion-a-year US military really be depleting key weapons in Iran?

Measuring US weapons stockpiles sheds light on future constraints and what Russia and China may learn from the Iran war.
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The US Army Is Building Its Own Chatbot for Combat

The US Army is developing AI models trained on data from real missions, with the goal of deploying a chatbot specifically for soldiers. “We have all of these lessons learned from missions like the Ukraine-Russia War and Operation Epic Fury,” says Alex ...

Philippine officials say 2 Americans among suspected communist rebels killed in clash with troops

Philippine officials say two Americans were among 19 suspected communist guerrillas, who were killed in clashes with Filipino troops in a central province a week ago.