The military is running out of teenagers to recruit — and old-school methods to reach them are failing

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A young person watching a military recruiter on social media.

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Military recruiting is on the upswing, but many recruiters say it's never been harder to get young people interested in service.

'Burden of command': How a brutal recruiting mission broke some Marines leading the charge

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A captain standing behind marines.

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Fake records and forged signatures: Marines say recruiting pressure fueled a culture of fraud

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A marine recruiter in a neighborhood.

Matt Rota for BI

Recruiting new Marines can be so challenging in parts of the US that some recruiters have resorted to fraud to meet their monthly goals.

New tech will soon be turning Marine light vehicles into roaming drone- and aircraft-killers

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Beige military vehicles are parked in a line in the desert. They each have weapons mounted on top of them. The sky is clear blue in the background.
MADIS uses a pair of Joint Light Tactical Vehicles to track and shoot down drones and manned aircraft.

US Navy photo by Neil Mabini

Netflix's 'Marines' captures Pacific troops searching for purpose in preparing for a war that may never come

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A new Netflix documentary series follows US Marines based in Japan throughout their deployment training.
A new Netflix documentary series follows US Marines based in Japan throughout their deployment training.

Netflix

Marines say a deployed F-35 stealth fighter squadron clocked nearly 5,000 hours without any mishaps

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Two Marine Corps F-35B Lightning II stealth tigers sit on a tarmac. There is a line of grass in the background.
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US Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Landon Lingle

The Army and Marine Corps are paying more to repair vehicles that are less ready to fight, watchdog says

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Army M2A3 Bradley Fighting Vehicle
An M2A3 Bradley Fighting Vehicle at the Doña Ana Range Complex in New Mexico in August 2018.

Winifred Brown/Fort Bliss Public Affairs

A Marine commander tried to kill off mustaches with a mass-shave order. It didn't last long.

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Marines with 3rd Marine Division shave off their mustaches to begin a unit mustache growing contest on Marine Corps Base Hawaii, Kaneohe Bay, Nov. 1, 2018.
Marines with 3rd Marine Division shave off their mustaches to begin a unit mustache growing contest on Marine Corps Base Hawaii, Kaneohe Bay, Nov. 1, 2018.

Sgt. Ricky Gomez/US Marine Corps

Striking images show the F-35 jump-jet's first trials on a newly converted Japanese aircraft carrier

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An F-35B Lightning II aircraft departs the flight deck of the JS Kaga.
An F-35B Lightning II aircraft departs the flight deck of the JS Kaga.

Dane Wiedmann

I was kicked out of high school, so I turned to the Marines for a way forward. Now, I'm a corporate lawyer with degrees from Stanford and Harvard.

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Andrew Hanson practices securities enforcement at Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom.

Dupont Photographers

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