'America's youth want to serve under the bold & strong 'America First' leadership of Donald Trump,' Trump's new Defense Secretary revealed in a post to his X account on Tuesday.

And an Army recruitment command spokesperson confirmed to DailyMail.com that the branch has now reached 59 percent of its recruiting goal for Fiscal Year 2025. 

Hegseth said the number of Army volunteers reached a 12-year high in December 2024. That was then overshadowed by a 15-year high recruitment figure in January.

The former Fox News host did not specify how many people joined up in those two months and the Army did not immediately respond to a DailyMail.com request for clarification on the figures.

But the Army posted to X that it recruited an average of 346 soldiers every day in December, meaning that approximately 10,700 were added to the roster in that month alone.

The surge shows the increasing interest from Americans who want to serve in the armed forces under the new administration. 

'U.S. Army Recruiting Command is on track to exceed the fiscal year 2025 recruitment goal of 61,000 new Soldiers and an additional 10,000 in the Delayed Entry Program,' Madison Bonzo, U.S. Army Recruiting Command spokeswoman, said in a statement to DailyMail.com. 

'As of today, USAREC has contracted 59 percent of the current FY25 goal,' the command added. 

'Our success couldn't be possible without the hard work of our Recruiters, continued transformation of the recruiting enterprise and modernization initiatives to attract qualified talent into America's most lethal fighting force.'

It came after a massive drop in recruiting figures over the last four years under President Joe Biden. 

Thousands were discharged from service under Biden due to their refusal to comply with the COVID-19 vaccine mandate set early on in his single term.

White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt said during her briefing on Wednesday it was a 'national security risk that our military branches are not fully staffed to where they need to be.'