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"Shark attacks" are meant to allow drill sergeants to establish dominance over trainees early on. The Army has moved away ...
Fort Sill in Oklahoma and Fort Leonard Wood in Missouri will get two additional basic training units each -- able to train an additional 4,000 new recruits each year combined, according to the ...
At today’s Association of the U.S. Army Coffee Series, Gen. Gary Brito, head of Training and Doctrine Command, told attendees that work from basic training to the combat training centers is ...
From logisticians to combat controllers, all airmen start their careers at U.S. Air Force Basic Military Training. But what's it really like?
But the nation's only boot camp for Navy enlistees is undergoing a major change -- and less marching for the roughly 45,000 recruits who pass through every year is only a part of it.
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth may bring back the practice of several Army drill sergeants swarming and screaming at recruits during basic training in what is known as a “shark attack.” The p… ...
WASHINGTON – A remedial course designed to prepare potential Army recruits for basic training will become a permanent part of the service’s strategy in overcoming its sagging enlistment ...
The U.S. Air Force is getting rid of "BEAST Week," a four-day simulated deployment that had been a staple of the service's basic military training for 16 years.
Basic combat training at Fort Sill, Oklahoma, and Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri, will each add two companies of recruits to their training cycles starting in October, officials said.
A young Army recruit died during basic training at Fort Moore, Georgia, last week, according to the service. Pvt. Jacob Atchison, of Pella, Iowa, died July 12 due to a medical emergency, the Army ...