Pentagon leaders blame the pandemic for severely restricting in-person recruiting efforts in high schools ... help with enlistment. The Army’s Future Soldier Preparatory Course began as a ...

According to service data, roughly 25% of prep course soldiers do not make it through their first contract and wash out of the Army within the first two years of their enlistment. But even more ...

Students in the Future Soldier Preparatory Course run around a track at Fort Jackson, South Carolina, in 2022. The DOD Office of Inspector General found the Army admitted recruits into the course ...