{"id":50980,"date":"2024-09-26T18:01:00","date_gmt":"2024-09-26T18:01:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/armytimes\/uncategorized\/2024\/09\/26\/army-hits-recruiting-target-for-the-first-time-in-2-years\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T04:14:41","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T04:14:41","slug":"army-hits-recruiting-target-for-the-first-time-in-2-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/armytimes\/news\/your-army\/2024\/09\/26\/army-hits-recruiting-target-for-the-first-time-in-2-years\/","title":{"rendered":"Army hits recruiting target for the first time in 2 years"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">After several dismal recruiting years, Army officials announced the service has exceeded its recruiting goals for this fiscal year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Army Secretary Christine Wormuth made the announcement <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/military-recruiting-army-shortfalls-enlist-1611ea378b32826cc4615dc3731f3f70\" target=\"_blank\">Wednesday<\/a> that the Army had surpassed its 55,000 recruit goal for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.army.mil\/article\/280028\/army_exceeds_fy_2024_active_duty_recruiting_goals\" target=\"_blank\">Fiscal Year 2024<\/a>. Final numbers will not be available until the end of the fiscal year on Sept. 30.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe not only met our goal, we exceeded it,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The results represent a reversal of recent years when the Army and other services struggled to overcome restrictions on in-person recruiting mandated by the COVID-19 pandemic, a low unemployment rate and stiff competition from private companies able to pay higher salaries and provide similar or better benefits.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/armytimes\/news\/your-army\/2024\/09\/25\/army-enlists-ai-to-identify-prospective-new-recruits\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/8013347.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">Army enlists AI to identify prospective new recruits<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">Army recruiters may soon be relieved from the dreaded \u201ccold calls\u201d to high school students in their frustrated fishing expedition for new recruits.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Despite this fiscal year\u2019s success, Wormuth warned that \u201cthe headwinds that we\u2019ve been facing are not going to stop blowing.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">An expected drop of about 10% in the number of college-age young people nationwide in 2026 is a significant concern, Wormuth said. The dip comes 18 years after the financial recession in 2008, which triggered a decrease in the number of children born.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Wormuth also said the service doubled its goal this fiscal year for the delayed entry program, putting it ahead on numbers as it begins the next fiscal year on Oct. 1.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Army had sought 55,000 new enlistment contracts this year and another 5,000 for the delayed entry program to ship to basic training.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Wormuth said recruiters already have 11,000 individuals in the delayed entry program headed to training next year. The delayed entry program allows enlistees to sign up but leave for initial training later, often so that they can complete high school or college.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The service did not meet its accessions goal in both fiscal 2022 and fiscal 2023.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In 2022, the Army added 44,901 new soldiers into the active Army, three-quarters of its 60,000 goal, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/recruiting.army.mil\/pao\/facts_figures\/\" target=\"_blank\">Army data<\/a>. Last year, it recruited 54,000 soldiers, falling 11,000 short of the \u201cstretch goal\u201d of 65,000 recruits it needed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"5858\" height=\"3982\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/recruiters.jpg_0e5e34.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-87856\" srcset=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/recruiters.jpg_0e5e34.jpg 5858w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/recruiters.jpg_0e5e34.jpg?resize=300,204 300w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/recruiters.jpg_0e5e34.jpg?resize=768,522 768w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/recruiters.jpg_0e5e34.jpg?resize=1024,696 1024w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/recruiters.jpg_0e5e34.jpg?resize=1536,1044 1536w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/recruiters.jpg_0e5e34.jpg?resize=2048,1392 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 5858px) 100vw, 5858px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Secretary of the Army Christine Wormuth said this week that the Army will surpass its recruiting goals for Fiscal Year 2024. (Sgt. 1st Class Nicole Mejia\/U.S. Army)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A host of new initiatives and restructuring helped the service meet its <a href=\"http:\/\/goal.in\/\" target=\"_blank\">goal<\/a>, Maj. Gen. 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