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FIRST ON FOX: Feminine navy recruits have sharply elevated throughout all service branches up to now in fiscal yr 2025.
Round 7,260 extra ladies have enlisted up to now this fiscal yr than at this level final fiscal yr: from 16,725 to 23,985, based on Pentagon figures seen by Fox Information Digital.
“The media’s narrative that the feminine recruitment numbers have both fallen or stayed the identical beneath Secretary Hegseth and President Trump is 100% Faux Information,” a protection official stated. “Management issues and girls are excited to serve beneath the robust management of Secretary Hegseth and President Trump.”
The Military surpassed its general recruitment targets in June, 4 months earlier than the tip of the fiscal yr: the service department introduced that month it had signed contracts with greater than 61,000 future troopers, which is greater than 10% larger than the 55,000 recruits focused in fiscal 2024.
ARMY SURPASSES FISCAL 2025 RECRUITING GOAL 4 MONTHS AHEAD OF SCHEDULE
Feminine navy recruits have sharply elevated throughout all service branches up to now in fiscal yr 2025. ( REUTERS/Bryan Woolston)
After record-low recruitment in 2022, the pattern started to reverse in 2024, with the armed forces bringing in 12.5% extra personnel than the yr prior. In 2025, all service branches are on observe to fulfill or exceed their recruiting targets.
This yr, a survey by the Protection Division discovered 87% of these between the ages of 16 and 21 had been in all probability or undoubtedly not contemplating navy service.
Three out of 4 had been apprehensive about bodily harm and two thirds had considerations in regards to the emotional toll. Nevertheless, Hegseth’s crew has credited a “Trump bump” and a returned deal with the “warfighter” for an increase in recruits, regardless of the broad youth sentiment.
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Round 7,260 extra ladies have enlisted up to now this fiscal yr than at this level final fiscal yr. (REUTERS/Mike Segar)
“They see management … that claims, ‘We wish you to be warriors. We’re not doing this politically right rubbish anymore. We’re doing warfare preventing,'” Hegseth stated throughout a go to to Normandy in June.
Moreover, Congress handed three straight pay raises for troops, between 4% and 5%, and a further 10% for junior enlisted troopers.
“The underside line is that this administration and Secretary Hegseth has prioritized lethality and mission readiness over political pandering. That’s precisely why ladies, and males, all throughout the nation are extra trusting of their management and extra keen to serve,” Rep. Anna Paulina Luna, R-Fla., an Air Drive Veteran, stated.
Hegseth has come beneath media scrutiny for his feedback about ladies in fight and the removing of quite a few ladies who served in prime Pentagon roles beneath the Biden administration. His management claims they don’t discriminate: they’ve eliminated males from prime roles too.
HEGSETH VOWS TO RESTORE WARRIOR MENTALITY AND RAISE STANDARDS IN SWEEPING MILITARY TRANSFORMATION
“They see management … that claims, ‘We wish you to be warriors. We’re not doing this politically right rubbish anymore. We’re doing warfare preventing,'” Protection Secretary Pete Hegseth stated. (Omar Havana/Getty Photos)
Previous to his affirmation, the secretary had publicly questioned the effectiveness of together with ladies in direct floor fight roles — arguing such integration complicates operations and compromises battlefield effectiveness.
Throughout his affirmation listening to, Hegseth defined that he believed ladies ought to be allowed to serve in fight however ought to have to fulfill the identical health requirements as males.
Lately, Hegseth reassigned Adm. Yvette Davids from superintendent of the Naval Academy to the place of deputy chief of naval operations. Whereas some accused management of de-elevating a feminine chief, officers insisted the transfer was a promotion: Davids is now on a path that would lead her to changing into a four-star admiral.
This week, critics seized on a second in a CNN interview with a pastor, Douglas Wilson, affiliated with Hegseth’s church’s denomination, that the secretary reposted on X.
“Girls are the form of folks that individuals come out of,” Wilson stated within the interview. “The spouse and mom, who’s the chief government of the house, is entrusted with three or 4 or 5 everlasting souls.”
In one other second of the interview, a member of the denomination, Josh Prince, was requested if he noticed his spouse Amy as his equal. “Sure and no,” he responded.
“He’s the pinnacle of our family and I do undergo him,” Amy added.
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“I’m not a White nationalist, I’m not a fascist, I’m not a racist, I’m not a misogynist,” Wilson insisted.
In his repost of the clip, Hegseth added, “All of Christ for All of Life.”
