The U.S. is its own worst enemy when it comes to the desperately important task of recruiting immigrants as spies, analysts and translators in the war on terror, new Americans are telling intelligence officials. The government’s policies...

The U.S. is its own worst enemy when it comes to the desperately important task of recruiting immigrants as spies, analysts and translators in the war on terror, new Americans are telling intelligence officials. The government’s policies...

Indiana University told the NCAA on Monday that its own self-imposed penalties should be enough to keep the organization from having to punish the school for improper phone calls made by Kelvin Sampson before he resigned as basketball coach.Sampson...

The Marine Corps far surpassed its recruiting goal last month and could eventually be more than a year ahead of schedule in its plan to grow the force to 202,000 members.All military services met or exceeded their monthly recruiting goals in April,...

WASHINGTON _ Recruiting has become a major challenge for the U.S. military as the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan press on. But in the quest to protect the country, it isn’t just the government that fears being under-staffed.The aerospace and...

How’s this for a recruiting slogan? Join the Army, Buy a House. Faced with the challenge of expanding the U.S. Army in wartime, the military is testing an incentive program that pays enlistees up to $40,000 toward a home or a startup business...

A NASCAR race car, sponsored by the U.S. Border Patrol. Billboards hundreds of miles from the Rio Grande, promoting a career as a border agent. TV commercials for the federal agency, aired during Dallas Cowboys games.With the Border Patrol...

A new Army program in which the National Guard helps recruit for the active duty Army has brought more than 500 sign-ups in its first three months, officials said Thursday.The results surpass Army expectations, which were that 1,600 would be...

The Army began its recruiting year Oct. 1 with fewer signed up for basic training than in any year since it became an all-volunteer service in 1973, a top general said Wednesday.Gen. William S. Wallace, whose duties as commander of Army Training...

The Army last year again increased the number of its recruits who have prior criminal records by granting them special exceptions.The Pentagon’s top personnel official defended the policy, saying it’s so stringent that many in Congress...