Ryan Pickrell

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[Ryan Pickrell @rwp2011]

The fourth and final recruiting series story from @BusinessInsider 's Kelsey Baker is out. It explores the challenges of finding fresh recruits when young people today might not even answer the phone.

Read it here: https://t.co/EHZ3tZsymM

[Ryan Pickrell @rwp2011]

Kelsey Baker's third recruiting story is out on @BusinessInsider. It explores how recruiting pressures have affected not only the rank-and-file recruiters but also those in leadership positions.

Read it here: https://t.co/XEGxKoyC4t

[Ryan Pickrell @rwp2011]

The second recruiting story from @BusinessInsider's Kelsey Baker is out. Marine recruiters say they faced such intense pressure to hit enlistment targets that they falsified documents like medical records and high school diplomas to get by.

Read it here: https://t.co/ZYrLwUPk14

[Ryan Pickrell @rwp2011]

In the first story of a new four-part series, @BusinessInsider's Kelsey Baker reveals the hidden price Marine recruiters pay to fill the Corps’ ranks, digging into the extreme stress, depression, and burnout.

Read her excellent reporting here: https://t.co/DQgTLhEZDb

[Ryan Pickrell @rwp2011]

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In @BusinessInsider's newest mini-series, reporter Kelsey Baker dives into the rise of military influencers — from side hustles and recruiting potential to a lack of clear guardrails in an online Wild West.

Check out the series below 👇

[Ryan Pickrell @rwp2011]

Military influencers are going viral, and the Pentagon's social media rules aren't keeping up https://t.co/UoCDhUO9TQ

[Ryan Pickrell @rwp2011]

An American veteran left everything behind to fight for Ukraine with Chosen Company. This is Andrew Webber's story from me and @samfellman. Grateful to his friends, family, and fellow volunteers for helping us tell this story. https://t.co/tgA1uoKGq3… via
@businessinsiderhttps://www.businessinsider.com/andrew-webber-american-lawyer-left-us-fight-ukraine-war-russia-2024-10?utmSource=twitter&utmContent=referral&utmTerm=topbar&referrer=twitter via @businessinsider

[Kieran Corcoran @kj_corcoran]

🏆 Insider won 4 times at this year's @TheDrum awards for online media.

I'm particularly pleased with the Digital Team of the Year award for our coverage of the invasion of Ukraine, which stretched us like no event before.

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[USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78) @CVN78_GRFord]

"The moment we've all been training for... USS Gerald R. Ford deploys.
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[Ryan Pickrell @rwp2011]

Video captures the moment a bomb accidentally dropped by a Russian fighter jet on the Russian city of Belgorod blew up, sending cars flying into the air https://t.co/O4aBTdbRTk via @natmusumeci @businessinsider

[The Associated Press @AP]

A powerful bomb accidentally dropped by a Russian warplane has hit the Russian city of Belgorod near Ukraine, injuring two. Residents of the city of 340,000, first thought it was a Ukrainian attack, but the Russian military quickly said otherwise. https://t.co/cKUD5OPTA6

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Timelapse map shows Russia slowly surrounding Ukraine in Bakhmut, a 'meat grinder' battle that has left thousands dead https://t.co/PydU9KwKdl via @sineadbaker1 @annieefu @_RickiLee @businessinsider

[Ryan Pickrell @rwp2011]

A Russian fighter jet clipped a US drone over the Black Sea, causing a crash and the 'complete loss' of the American aircraft, US military says https://t.co/mBuAiTWKbe via @byjepstein @businessinsider

[Ryan Pickrell @rwp2011]

Ukrainian Soldiers, Nearly Encircled, Push Russians Back https://t.co/BEItI0EVhM

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Putin's army can't figure out how to use tanks, and the battlefield in Ukraine is littered with burnt wrecks https://t.co/Bum58luOig via @byjepstein @businessinsider