Army Ratchets Up 2025 Recruiting Target After Successful 2024

The U.S. Army hit its fiscal year 2024 recruiting target, after coming up 15,000 recruits short in fiscal year 2022 and 10,000 short in fiscal 2023.

Secretary of the Army Christine Wormuth visits U.S. soldiers in Guam on July 25, 2023. U.S. Army photo by Sgt. David Resnick

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 conference.