Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is considering reversing a ban on the "shark attack," the time-honored aggressive practice used by drill sergeants to train U.S. Army recruits in basic training. The ...

What is usually an event of tears and hugs of pride and gratitude got a playful twist from one family from Bowie, Maryland. Two sisters, about to pin a U.S. Army patch on their brother’s sleeve as he ...

FORT JACKSON, South Carolina --In 2008, when New York Army National Guard Lt. Col. Brian Napier was a lieutenant running an ad hoc route clearance platoon north of Baghdad, he developed a bond with ...

U.S. Army basic training (Initial Entry Training) at Fort Benning, Georgia is divided into 2 parts: Basic Combat Training (BCT) and Advanced Individual Training (AIT). BCT lasts for 10 weeks and is ...

An update to Army basic training rules forbids drill instructors from creating "social media content" with new recruits, and changes the rules on PT-based "smoke" - a term frowned upon in the rules.

The Army’s Recruiting Command formally absorbed the service’s initial training for soldiers and officers, giving leaders a closer look at the path an enlistee takes before arriving at their first duty ...

The U.S. Army’s training sites, such as the National Training Center at Fort Irwin, California, shown here, don’t replicate the terrain that the Army is most likely to fight on, warns a U.S. Army ...