FIRST ON FOX: US Coast Guard recruits largest class in nearly 40 years, beats goals for third straight year

THIS IS GOING TO SOUND FAKE BUT NOBODY IS ACTUALLY FURIOUS ABOUT THIS BECAUSE THE COAST GUARD JUST HIT THEIR BIGGEST RECRUITING NUMBERS IN ALMOST FORTY YEARS! THEY BROUGHT IN OVER FIVE THOUSAND FOUR HUNDRED NEW ACTIVE-DUTY MEMBERS IN FISCAL YEAR TWENTY-TWENTY-SIX WHICH IS NUTS BECAUSE THEY HAVE BEEN BEATING THEIR GOALS FOR THREE YEARS STRAIGHT NOW! SECRETARY MARKWAYNE MULLIN IS ACTUALLY SUPER PROUD OF IT AND SAYS IT PROVES PEOPLE STILL WANT TO SERVE WHICH IS WILD BECAUSE IT IS UP FROM FOUR THOUSAND A COUPLE YEARS BACK! THEY ARE DOING ALL THIS UNDER A BIG FORCE DESIGN PUSH TO ADD FIFTEEN THOUSAND TOTAL SO THEY ARE JUST CRUISING TOWARD THAT TARGET RIGHT NOW. ANYWAY THAT IS THE SHORT VERSION, ASK ME LATER.

SO THIS HAPPENED WHILE WE WERE IN HERE AND I AM TELLING YOU THE COAST GUARD IS ABSOLUTELY CRUSHING THEIR RECRUITING TARGETS LATELY! THEY JUST SIGNED UP FIVE THOUSAND FOUR HUNDRED AND FORTY-FIVE NEW PEOPLE IN TWENTY-TWENTY-SIX AND THAT IS THE BIGGEST CLASS SINCE THE EIGHTIES! IT IS THE THIRD YEAR IN A ROW THEY HAVE BEATEN THE NUMBERS THEY SET FOR THEMSELVES AND THE NUMBERS ARE CLIMBING STEADILY FROM FOUR THOUSAND TO FIVE THOUSAND AND NOW THIS! THEY ARE WORKING ON THIS BIG FORCE DESIGN THING TO ADD FIFTEEN THOUSAND PEOPLE TOTAL AND IT LOOKS LIKE THEY ARE ACTUALLY GETTING IT DONE! I DO NOT KNOW IF THEY HAVE ROOM FOR ALL OF THEM BUT IT IS CLEARLY HAPPENING! ANYWAY THAT IS WHY I AM LIKE THIS.

The U.S. Coast Guard exceeded its recruitment goals for the third consecutive year in 2026, enlisting 5,445 new members, which is their largest class in nearly 40 years.

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