Trump Takes Credit for Army Recruiting Surge, but it Started a Year Ago

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But while recent Army numbers do point to a hot streak for enlistments, former Army officials and an expert on personnel issues noted that the Army’s recruiting numbers had started to rebound last year after the Army rolled out several major revamps of its recruiting enterprise, prior to Trump’s election.

The White House is trumpeting a recent surge in sign-ups of new soldiers as a response to President Donald Trump’s reelection and return to office. But while Army recruiters have been on a winning streak in recent months, the service’s surge in enlistments began nearly a year ago as the Army overhauled much of its nearly $2 billion recruiting enterprise.