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 ...

The Army will slash nearly one dozen mandatory training programs for its soldiers in the summer as it looks to streamline their time to focus on combat readiness tasks, service officials said. The ...

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Airmen and Guardians will receive the nonfunctioning M4 rifle when they arrive at basic military training and will carry and care for it throughout. Airmen and Guardians will once again carry practice ...

Two Future Soldier Preparatory Course students compare notes during a study hall session at Fort Jackson, South Carolina. (Robin Hicks/U.S. Army) The Army is again dramatically expanding its pre-basic ...

With the establishment of the all-volunteer force in 1973, the Army viewed increasing women’s participation as critical to meeting recruitment goals. But questions arose about the roles of women ...

Soldiers of Alpha Company, 3rd Battalion, 172nd Infantry Regiment (Mountain), 86th Infantry Brigade Combat Team (Mountain), Vermont Army National Guard, on the move during a Situational Training ...