Army passes active duty recruiting goal ahead of schedule

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The Army announced on Tuesday that it reached its fiscal 2025 recruiting goal for active duty soldiers four months before the end of the fiscal year.

The service had a goal of bringing on more than 61,000 new recruits during fiscal 2025 already, which it will blow past by the time the fiscal year ends. This coincides with the Army’s 250th birthday, which will be celebrated in Washington, D.C., later this month.

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