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"Shark attacks" are meant to allow drill sergeants to establish dominance over trainees early on. The Army has moved away ...
Military basic training graduation is no small thing. The event rivals anything you may have gone through during your high school, or even college, graduation ceremony.
Pete Hegseth may reinstate the aggressive "shark attack" practice used by drill sergeants to train U.S. Army recruits, which ...
Basic Combat Training, also known as "boot camp," is required of all new enlisted Soldiers to create a strong foundation for their Army experience and future goals. (U.S. Army photo/Robin Hicks) ...
Basic training doesn't officially begin until several days after you arrive (although from your point of view, it may seem to begin earlier!).
Well, it finally happened — someone in the Pentagon has a spine. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth just took a flamethrower ...
Every summer, the Air Force Academy brings in over 1,000 young men and women who will become future officers in the U.S. Air ...
During the 14 years after 9/11, Soldiers knew that they'd probably be going to the Middle East after basic training. During that time, the Army was well-equipped and well-funded to recruit, train ...
FORT SILL, Okla. (July 18, 2013) -- Every Soldier remembers at least one of their drill sergeants from Basic Combat Training.
Big changes are coming to basic training, according to the head of the Army’s Center for Initial Military Training. After a multi-year review of the Army’s basic and advanced individual ...