Last week marked two hundred days into President Donald J. Trump’s second term, and the Pentagon is moving with unapologetic ...

Hegseth reiterated Trump's promise to reinstate – with rank and back pay – the 8,000 military members who were wrongfully discharged for refusing to take the COVID-19 vaccine.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and others have highlighted the “Trump bump” in recruiting wins. Officials and experts say it’s a bit more complicated.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth says military recruiting has shot up since the Trump administration's return. In fact, it's been improving for at least a year, with big jumps in female enlistment.

CLAIM: President Donald Trump and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth are causing military recruitment numbers to skyrocket. THE FACTS: This is an overstatement and is missing context.

Military enlistment was 12.5% higher in fiscal year 2024, which ran from Oct. 1, 2023, to Sept. 30, 2024, than in fiscal year 2023. There were 225,000 new recruits in the former and 200,000 in the ...

Posts circulating on social media this week have praised President Donald Trump and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth for sending military recruitment skyrocketing. “Holy smokes.