In an interview with Military.com, 2nd Commander, Maj. Gen. Matthew Davidson details a shift to build “airminded” ...

Exploring how each U.S. military branch uniquely shapes recruits through distinct, challenging basic training experiences.

The Air Force is changing the way it conducts Basic Military Training, replacing a four-day-long field training exercise with a new scenario that lasts 36 hours. In an announcement Wednesday, the ...

If your instructor tells you to get a good night's sleep, he's not being nice. That's code for: 'It's going to be a tough day tomorrow.' (Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Aaron Xavier Saldana/U ...

Trainees high crawl through the mud on an obstacle course during Army Basic Combat Training at Fort Jackson, S.C. The nine-week course designed to transform young American volunteers into Soldiers.

New soldiers arriving for their first day of basic combat training at Fort Jackson, South Carolina, are "welcomed" by drill sergeants. (Sgt. 1st Class Brian Hamilton/Army) Some recent changes to Army ...

WASHINGTON -- The drill sergeants yelled at him relentlessly, as Josh Oller pushed himself through the trying weeks of basic combat training at Fort Jackson, South Carolina. Oller had already endured ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Last August, Daysia Holiday decided to try one more time to join the Army. She’d taken the academic test and failed three times. So, when she was offered a slot in a new Army prep ...

ARLINGTON, Va. (Army News Service, April 27, 2011) -- Soldiers are now able to obtain their citizenship faster than ever during a time of war, and may soon see United States Citizenship and ...

The Pentagon inspector general is launching a study of recruit deaths over the past four years, and how medical care at basic training could have affected them. (Cpl. Caitlin Brink/Marine Corps) ...

Army drill sergeants are now banned from making social media posts with trainees during basic training, according to a new policy. An August update to the handbook Army drill sergeants use to train ...