The U.S. Army is seeing an increase in recruiting, so it’s expanding its basic training to “meet the challenges of future war,” according to a report by The Associated Press. The news comes after years of poor recruitment and failure to reach enlistment goals.
The additional training is set to begin in October. The Army said new units in Missouri and Oklahoma will train as many as 4,000 recruits a year.
Army leaders believe they’ll hit their target of gaining 55,000 recruits this year. According to the leaders, they’ve had to open more training sites to accommodate the recent influx of new soldiers.
The expanded training is part of a bigger effort to restructure the service branch so it’s better equipped to fight adversaries with access to high-tech weapons and equipment like Russia or China.
Straight Arrow News recently reported the chances of the U.S. getting involved in a major war with “near-peer competitors” are the highest they’ve been in 80 years, but the U.S. military is the smallest and most unprepared it has been since the end of the Cold War.
