The Air Force will meet its goal of 27,100 new recruits this fiscal year, Military Times reported, after having missed its targets in the previous year.
The service has set an even more ambitious goal for fiscal year 2025: 32,500 new airmen, a 20% increase. It has added almost 400 recruiters, many of whom will be stationed in the Southern U.S., Air Force Recruiting Service Commander Brig. Gen. Christopher Amrhein said this week.
Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Jessica Kind
When military bases close, entire communities can be left searching for a path forward. Senator David Pryor (D-Ark.) helped ensure they were not left to navigate that challenge alone. Pryor, who died in 2024, was a foundational champion for defense communities,...
The Army opened its annual Tenant Satisfaction Survey, asking the service’s 200,000 tenants to give feedback on Army housing conditions. It will be open for 60 days, and the responses will be factored into future improvement decisions. “We are committed to holding...
Defense Leaders Forge Emergency Response Partnership The emergency management team at Patrick Space Force Base, Florida, recently met with the local county’s Emergency Operations Center. The meeting worked on developing seamless cooperation between the two groups to...
President Trump said Thursday he will nominate Senate Armed Services Committee member Markwayne Mullin (R-Okla.) to replace Kristi Noem as Homeland Security secretary. Trump announced in the same Truth Social post that he was dismissing Noem from DHS and creating a...
Republican Congressional leaders this week blocked resolutions that would have limited military action in Iran without congressional approval. Both chambers voted narrowly – and mostly along party lines – not to restrict the administration’s actions in Operation Epic...
Army Reservists Rescue Dog During Training Exercise Reservists training at Camp Shelby Joint Forces Training Center, Mississippi noticed a lost...
Coast Guard Cutter Blacktip sails into position during a training exercise for Arctic Edge 2026 near Valdez, Alaska Feb. 27. Coast Guard photo by...
A Government Accountability Office report found that installations have limited access to information regarding the true cost of natural...
DHA Hosts ‘Reverse Industry Day’ The Defense Health Agency hosted a “Data Strategy Reverse Industry Day,” where industry healthcare leaders...
The Pentagon declared that Anthropic AI is a supply chain risk after the Trump administration ordered federal agencies to stop using the company’s...
ICYMI: Virginia to Host Inaugural Statewide Defense Forum in April Community leaders, state officials, military leaders and defense industry...
After the recent strikes in Iran, President Trump refused to rule out sending U.S. troops into Iran “if they were necessary.” Secretary of War Pete...
ADC, alongside its new Great American Defense Community (GADC) partner, Sourcewell, has opened nominations for this year’s class of communities. The...
New Jersey Base Honors Local Food Bank In honor of all the work they did to support the military community during last year’s government shutdown,...
As ADC heads toward its 50th anniversary celebration this May, we’re looking back to the era when base closures defined community agendas. We sat...