More women, minority groups enlisting in the military during tough recruitment goal

More women, minority groups enlisting in the military during tough recruitment goal

RALEIGH, N.C. (WNCN) — As military branches across the country struggle to get people to enlist, some local offices are seeing a new trend in who is enlisting. “Our trends are going up for the minority group, so we are seeing an increase there,” Captain Shameka Boakye-Boaten with the North Carolina National Guard said. “Women in our armed forces, as well as the Hispanic population and African American.” Recruitment officers say they likely won’t…