As you get ready to leave for boot camp, you may be confused about what to bring with you and what to leave behind. In fact, recruits email me asking this question more than any other. Therefore, I ...

As the Army appears to be turning the corner in its years-long recruiting challenges, two new boot camp sites will start creating even more soldiers this fall. Basic combat training at Fort Sill, ...

Many types of weapons are used in the U.S. military. However, in military basic training, you’re required to be familiar with only a few weapons. If your military job requires you to know about ...

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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.

VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. — More than 40 feet up the tower at Fort Jackson, Army recruit Robert Smith missed setting his feet on the 4-by-4 plank from which he was to start rappelling down. “I said: ...

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. A group of ...

Air Force recruits in their fifth week of training learn rifle fighting techniques during pugil stick training. The Air Force’s Basic Military Training recently expanded from 7.5 weeks to 8.5 weeks.

Well, the day has finally arrived: Soldiers are now graduating from Basic Training in the new Army Greens service uniform By James Clark Published Nov 17, 2020 4:29 PM EST Well, the day has finally ...

FORT SILL, Oklahoma (Sept. 4, 2019) -- Six congressional staffers had a rude awakening the morning of Aug. 20. Away from their offices and daily bustle of Capitol Hill, they paid a visit to Fort Sill ...

Following is a transcript of the video. - Trainee: Move forward. Move forward. [explosions] Narrator: This... MTI: Stop talking when I'm talking! Narrator: Is Air Force boot camp. Before they join the ...

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 ...