Signaling another prospective win for the new Trump administration, the U.S. Marine Corps is on pace to hit its fiscal year 2025 recruiting goals, The Federalist has learned.
Speaking with The Federalist, Marine Corps Recruiting Command spokesman Jim Edwards revealed that the branch is “on track” to meet its total force accession mission for this year, which is set at 32,835 recruits. That figure is “based on current manpower projections,” according to Edwards.
“Our Marine Recruiters work diligently in every community across the Nation to attract and inspire high quality individuals to enlist, and Marine Corps Recruiting Command is on track to meet its assigned mission,” Edwards said.
The Marine Corps is the only branch of the military to consistently meet its recruiting goals in recent years. The Navy, Air Force, Army, and Coast Guard have struggled to bring in new recruits, a problem which military specialists have, in part, attributed to the Biden administration’s advancement of racist DEI ideology and disastrous foreign policy agenda.
Many of the branches managed to meet their FY2024 recruiting goals, but only after dropping previously abided-by standards and adopting other sweeping policy changes.
Regarding the Marine Corps, Edwards noted that branch recruiters have seen a “steady increase in productivity” since January 2024, and that such “success” has continued into FY2025, which began in October. In fact, he added, “Marine Recruiters are [currently] outperforming” their recruiting numbers “when compared to the same timeframe in FY24.”
“Our enduring success is directly attributed to the hard work of our Marine Recruiters, and at the same time, our Service is always looking for ways to better enable their success,” Edwards said. “We have recently increased the number of Marine Recruiters, restructured geographical areas of responsibility to align with demographic shifts, made enhancements to the enlistment process at Military Entrance Processing Stations, and constantly sought appropriate funding for our marketing and advertising initiatives.”
The latest revelation is welcome news for the Trump administration, which has reportedly experienced an uptick in the number of recruits seeking to join the Army. Last week, U.S. Army Recruiting Command revealed in an X post that its recruiters “had their most productive December in 15 years by enlisting 346 Soldiers daily.”
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth issued his own X post seemingly confirming the branch hit a new recruiting record for December. He subsequently added, “In January 2025, the Army hit its best recruiting number in 15 YEARS.”
“BOTTOM LINE: America’s youth want to serve under the bold & strong ‘America First’ leadership of @realDonaldTrump,” Hegseth wrote.
The administration’s claim was disputed by former Biden Army Secretary Christine Wormuth, who claimed to Fox News that the “Army’s recruiting started getting better much earlier.”
It remains unclear how other branches of the armed forces are faring with their recent recruiting totals, however.
When pressed on what their respective recruiting numbers were for December 2024 and January 2025 and whether they similarly broke any previous records, representatives with the Air Force and Coast Guard acknowledged The Federalist’s request but did not provide a response prior to publication. The Navy did not respond to The Federalist’s request for comment.
Shawn Fleetwood is a staff writer for The Federalist and a graduate of the University of Mary Washington. He previously served as a state content writer for Convention of States Action and his work has been featured in numerous outlets, including RealClearPolitics, RealClearHealth, and Conservative Review. Follow him on Twitter @ShawnFleetwood
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