The Army Is Set to Expand Basic Training, Fueled by New Recruiting Momentum

The Army is set to expand how many new recruits it can send to basic training starting in October, as officials are confident the service is digging out of a recruiting slump it has struggled with for nearly a decade.
Fort Sill in Oklahoma and Fort Leonard Wood in Missouri will get two additional basic training units each -- able to train an additional 4,000 new recruits each year combined, according to the service. Army officials are increasingly confident they will hit their goal of 55,000 new recruits this year. One service official with direct knowledge told Military.com that projections show the Army may actually exceed that goal.