“This We’ll Defend” has been the U.S. Army ’s motto going back to the Revolutionary War. But that noble principle has been threatened in recent years, as the Army struggled to attract young men and women to enlist.

No longer. Thanks at least in part to the election of President Donald Trump, the Army recently announced that it met its 2025 recruiting target of 61,000 active-duty members four months early — its best performance in 13 years. That bodes well for the future, and it’s a reminder of the need for the Army to get all of the funding necessary to safeguard the nation.

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