The Army announced on Thursday that it surpassed its recruiting goal for fiscal 2024 after giving thousands of recruits three extra months to pass fitness and intelligence goals they were unable to on the first go.

About 16,000 recruits who did not initially meet the Army’s requirements for enlistment were able to go through the Future Soldier Preparatory Course, essentially three months of extra training to meet requirements before boot camp.

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