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 ...

Army 1st. Lt. Chavonda Andrews, Voting Assistance Officer for 120th Adjutant General Battalion, stands next to a static voting information display in the battalion's building. (Sgt. Cierra Quinn/Army) ...

Military entry-level training, like most things in 2020, has been anything but normal this year. Recruits have spent the weeks leading up to boot camp or basic training sequestered in dorm rooms and ...

FORT SILL, Oklahoma (Oct. 29, 2020) -- Pugil stick training was cut from basic combat training here earlier this year to prevent the spread of COVID-19, but now it’s making a comeback under carefully ...

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 (May 24, 2021) – Army families were invited to attend a basic combat training graduation ceremony May 21, for the first time since to global pandemic put a halt to public ...

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is considering a revival of the "shark attack," a once-common drill where recruits are swarmed and screamed at by drill sergeants to instill discipline and readiness.

Roughly 1 in 4 young adults are too overweight to qualify to serve in the military. But even a lot of the ones who make it through the recruiting process suffer injuries in basic training, some of ...

Ashley and Amber Valentine and Maria, Vanessa and Melissa Placido Jaramillo -- the latter two of whom are twins Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island, S.C./Facebook The few, the proud, the same ...