The Pentagon’s push to focus on “warfighting” has led to an enlistment surge since President Donald Trump took office, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said.

President Trump vowed to refocus the US military on protecting US borders while cowing enemies into diplomatic capitulation during his graduation speech at the United States Military Academy.

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For what is believed to be the first time in the school’s more than 60 year history, three members of this year’s Crestwood High School senior class will be attending military academies following

Keagan Williams is at the doorstep of the rest of his life. He’s graduating from Shortridge High School this week. Williams accepted an appointment to the United States Military Academy at West Point.

US Vice President JD Vance said on Friday that the United States under President Donald Trump will choose carefully when to use military force and will avoid involvement in open-ended conflicts in what he called a break from recent US policies.

Hegseth ordered military academy admission decisions to be based "exclusively on merit" with "no consideration of race, ethnicity, or sex."