Many future military officers come from Scouting. A Pentagon split could put those ties at risk.

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Scouts and Army soldiers from US Army Cadet Command at the 2023 Scouting America National Jamboree in West Virginia.
Scouts and Army soldiers from US Army Cadet Command at the 2023 Scouting America National Jamboree in West Virginia.

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2 military influencers say they never planned to have an online following, but standard recruiting efforts weren't working

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Tyler Butterworth on left standing next to John Howell on right, both in Army uniform.
Tyler Butterworth (left) and John Howell (right) have built a following on social media as military influencers.

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The US Army had a change of heart about getting rid of its special horse units

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Soldiers and horses of the Army's Washington, DC-based caisson detachment, the unit which performs funeral ceremonies at Arlington National Cemetery, participate in the Middleburg Holiday Parade in Middleburg, Virginia, Dec.

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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US Army and Navy stretched the rules to misrepresent the academic qualifications of recruits, the inspector general says

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Recruits prepare to graduate from Army boot camp on Fort Jackson, South Carolina, on Feb. 9th 2020.
Recruits prepare to graduate from Army boot camp on Fort Jackson, South Carolina, on Feb. 9th 2020.

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Military influencers are going viral, and the Pentagon's social media rules aren't keeping up

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Military influencers are taking over social media and building personal brands in a Pentagon policy gray zone.

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Russian soldiers say they dream of conquering Ukrainian cities and moving their families there in haunting recruitment ad

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A man walks past a billboard advertising contract service in the army that reads
A man walks past a billboard advertising contract service in the army that reads "There is such a profession to defend the Fatherland" in Moscow.

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