“We want to go into Boston, Pittsburgh, Kansas City,” Maj. Gen. Frank Muth, the head of Army Recruiting Command, told The New York Times. The Army is planning to grow to 500,000 by 2024, meaning increased recruiting goals. The Army National Guard and Army Reserves also fell far short of their goals, by more than 12,000 and 5,000, respectively. The Navy, Air Force and Marine Corps, in contrast, met their recruiting goals for 2018. “In the 22 cities we know we can do better and go after the quality that exists there.”Top Army leaders have repeatedly said they are not lowering standards to meet higher recruiting goals.

Source: Fox News January 03, 2019 01:03 UTC