In late 2022, the Air Force got rid of its famous BEAST week mock deployment exercise -- which stood for Basic Expeditionary Airman Skills Training -- and replaced it with the 36-hour PACER FORGE ...

FORT SILL, Okla. -- A major change in Army Basic Combat Training, or BCT, better prepares trainees for today's operational theater. The "Forge" is a grueling, 96-hour, cumulative training exercise ...

Space Force Guardians, like airmen who attend Basic Military Training at San Antonio-Lackland, have also started going through PACER FORGE during boot camp. Editor's Note: This story has been updated.

FORT SILL, Okla., Feb. 14, 2019 -- Pvt. Kelly Clarke brought a determination to basic combat training to become a Soldier. He ultimately claimed distinguished honor graduate of Class No. 08-19.

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) ...

On Jan. 16, the two soldiers endured a grueling final trial of Basic Combat Training called the Night Infiltration Course — a 200-meter low crawl beneath barbed wire performed under heavy ...

I probably won’t see it until one of my family members bring it up.” When the two return from leave, they will enter the final stage of basic combat training — Forge.

The airmen participated in PACER FORGE, a new 36-hour, scenario-based exercise that tests trainees’ teamwork, discipline, and problem-solving skills before graduating basic military training.

'Forge' emphasizes battlefield mobility, efficiency This is only Day 1 of 96 hours of some of the intense basic training exercises in the Army. The men and women of D Battery are pioneering new ...