MEPCOM is facing staffing shortages, risking its ability to process military recruits. The federal hiring freeze is exacerbating challenges. One source expects MEPCOM's work volume to keep expanding ...

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced on Tuesday a new task force to improve military barracks at a swearing-in ceremony for new recruits at Naval Air Station Oceana. “Two years ago, the Government ...

VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. (WAVY) – Sixty military recruits from Virginia’s Military Entrance Processing Station, or MEPS, took their enlistment oath Tuesday morning at NAS Oceana, getting sworn in by ...

Across the U.S., sites offering the initial enlistment test for potential recruits are being forced to close and reduce their hours due to cuts recommended by the Department of Government Efficiency, ...

Beginning next year, the U.S. military is expected to screen all potential recruits for cardiac anomalies under a new program designed to reduce deaths at boot camp and beyond. The current version of ...

(CNN) — Former troops kicked out of military service for refusing to get the Covid-19 vaccine will receive “special category VIP or ‘white glove’ treatment” if they rejoin, the Pentagon said Thursday ...

VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. — Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth, dubbed Secretary of War by the Trump administration, will be back in Hampton Roads Tuesday to personally swear in recruits at Naval Air Station ...