Recruiting is up. Now the US military wants to grow the force by another 44,500 troops.

The US military wants to add thousands more troops as recruiting rebounds and rising global demands stretch the force.
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The US military wants to add 44,500 additional troops next year

Last year, Congress approved a total end strength of 1,302,800 active duty troops, which added 26,000 troops to the force across the five branches. The final breakdown was: 454,000 soldiers; 344,600 ...
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Recruiting is up. Now the US military wants to grow the force by another 44,500 troops.

The military wants to grow by 44,500 troops next year, according to new budget documents released this week. The proposed increase, which requires congressional approval, comes as the Trump ...