Summarized by the Alliance for Fort Eisenhower
Published April 11, 2024
The Army is again dramatically expanding its pre-basic training courses that were created to get young Americans into compliance with the service’s enlistment standards, as those courses are becoming key to curtailing the ongoing recruiting slump.
The Future Soldier Preparatory Course’s capacity will grow from nearly 18,000 to 23,500 this year, according to data provided by the service, more than making up the Army’s recruiting shortfall in recent years — much of which has been attributed to young Americans having difficulty meeting the academic and body fat requirements to serve.