In the early 1990s, Rich McCormick was one of several hundred young Marine lieutenants at The Basic School in Quantico, Virginia, when he was interviewed to appear in a new recruiting ad. The Marine ...

While the Marine Corps didn't wade into the fray earlier, it is now claiming success. And the general in charge of the effort says the politics of the moment have had no impact on Marine recruiting.

QUANTICO, Va. — The Army, Navy and Air Force, with encouragement from the Trump administration, all announced this summer that they had met their recruiting goals months ahead of schedule. That is a ...