Ghosts in the Machine is not your run-of-the-mill Army recruiting video series. In fact, it is unlike any other public facing video the Army has ever produced.

The Army began seeking out older recruits during the pandemic, said Brig. Gen. Sara Dudley, deputy commander of operations for the Army Recruiting Command. “It pushed us out into a broader ...

Without retaining soldiers, she added, the Army is “just a tin can.” Correction: An earlier version of this report misstated the percentage of soldiers who left the Army in 2021 and 2022.

The Army announced a drastic change in the way the branch plans to do recruiting, introducing a new career field that will see soldiers permanently serve as recruiters.

Army Secretary Christine Wormuth said the Army has set a difficult goal for this year: aiming to bring in 65,000 recruits, which would be 20,000 more than in 2022.

As the Army’s recruiting struggles continue into the new year, the timeline remains vague on some of the service’s promised reforms. The reform’s major efforts, detailed to Army Times in an ...