Five officers, one senior non-commissioned officer and 15 drill instructors from Parris Island, South Carolina visited Fort Jackson March 1-3 to share best practices for training new recruits.

FORT JACKSON, S.C. -- For some Marine drill instructors, seeing how the Army transforms civilians into Soldiers provided valuable takeaways for the improvement of their own boot camp.

“It was basic training all over again,” Gorie said. The drill instructor’s course, she said, was the most difficult challenge she has faced in her military career. “If you failed a test ...

Drill Instructors are the constant driving force in recruits' lives for all 12 grueling weeks of basic training. Recruits are told when and where to stand, sit, eat, drink, talk, walk, and run.

At the new basic training, drill instructors take off their hats and talk — not yell — to recruits.

You probably won't be court-martialed in basic training, but a number of other punishments can be used.

U.S. military instructors are trying to instill basic military know-how in Ukrainian soldiers, who the trainers say are woefully unprepared. The troops are learning such basic skills as how to use ...