New Army Ad Show Soldiers Wearing Trump’s Number

The Military Times reports:

Last year, House Armed Services Committee members focused on getting better pay and benefits for troops in their personnel policy discussions. This year, the goal is to help bring more troops into the ranks to enjoy those quality-of-life boosts.

“When it’s year over year and you’re not hitting your recruiting goals, that becomes a crisis,” Rep. Pat Fallon, R-Texas, the new chairman of the committee’s military personnel panel, said in an interview with Military Times.

“Our greatest resource in the military is our personnel flat out, so we need to make sure we have great folks coming in.”

Read the full article. Now watch the new recruitment ad below, which features a shot of soldiers bearing Trump’s presidential number, 47. Cultists on X are thrilled, but a few are calling out the hug seen above. And you know why.

WATCH A new Army recruitment video just dropped pic.twitter.com/PGfblO1FuD

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