BREAKING: EXCLUSIVE: Army to spend $300 Million to add 6000 recruits

Having trouble viewing this email? | View it in your browser   The blitz of advertising and bonuses over the next eight months is meant to boost recruitment for this fiscal year from 62,000 to 68,500 new soldiers, the largest in-year increase in the history of the all-volunteer force that dates to 1973, military officials told USA TODAY. The expansion was authorized under a law signed by former president Barack Obama last year to halt a years-long reduction in U.S. forces. FOR MORE ON THIS STORY, GO TO:   USATODAY.COM     Help | Advertise | Home Delivery | Privacy Policy - Your California Privacy Rights     © 2017 USA TODAY, a division of Gannett Satellite Information Network, LLC. 7950 Jones Branch Drive, McLean, VA 22108