The Army is again dramatically expanding its pre-basic training courses that were created to get young Americans into compliance with the service's enlistment standards, as those courses are becoming ...

From Green Berets to the S-1 clerk and everyone in between, every soldier has something in common with each other: they’ve all started their military careers at the U.S. Army’s Basic Combat Training.

Soldiers from Bravo Company, 2-58th Infantry Battalion, 198th Infantry Brigade march at Fort Moore, Georgia, during a Turning Green Ceremony. (Capt. Stephanie Snyder/Army) Buoyed by an increase in ...

The Army is set to dramatically expand how many new recruits it can send to basic training this spring, riding the momentum of recent gains toward reversing a recruiting slump it has struggled with in ...

U.S. Air Force Basic Military Training is any airman’s first step into the massive world of the Air Force. From security forces to combat controllers, logisticians to mechanics, all airmen start their ...

Air Force Reserve Airman 1st Class Kyle H. Van Meter graduated from basic military training at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, San Antonio, Texas. The airman completed an intensive, eight-week ...

Pfc. Taylor M. Almond recently graduated from Army basic combat and combat engineer training at Fort Leonard Wood. Almond is the son of Todd Almond of Jackson and Jill Randall of Herculaneum, Mo. He ...

Navy Fireman Apprentice Alexander C. Santoyo, son of Jolynn R. Coons of Rantoul, recently completed U.S. Navy basic training at Recruit Training Command, Great Lakes. Santoyo was promoted to his ...

Charlotte, N.C. — The U.S. Army is taking bold steps to meet unprecedented training demands by expanding Basic Combat Training capacity. With 10 additional training units established at Fort Leonard ...

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 practice, ...

Three-time Olympic athlete Anita Alvarez has earned herself a new title: airman. Alvarez graduated Air Force Basic Military Training at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland in Texas on Jan. 9 — one of 781 ...