FORT SILL, Okla., Oct. 2, 2020 -- When trainees of B Battery, 1st Battalion, 31st Field Artillery finished two weeks of controlled monitoring, they were rewarded with their first physical challenge ...

WASHINGTON — The Army is widening access to its new preparatory course to allow a candidate to enroll in the fitness and academic tracks to help more potential recruits meet the service’s entry ...

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 ...

Every year, 30,000 civilians arrive at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland and leave 7½ weeks later as full-fledged U.S. Air Force airmen They rise early and spend their days marching, running and being ...

Share on Twitter Share on Facebook Share on Reddit Share on LinkedIn Share via Email Soldiers of the 1st Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division partnered with members of the Forces Armees ...

The U.S. Air Force has finally slain the BEAST. After 16 years, Basic Expeditionary Airman Skills Training will be retired, as the service changes the way it prepares recruits for combat. The once ...

The Army is again dramatically expanding its pre-basic training courses that were created to get young Americans into compliance with the service's enlistment standards, as those courses are becoming ...

Trainees high crawl through the mud on an obstacle course during Army Basic Combat Training at Fort Jackson, S.C. The nine-week course designed to transform young American volunteers into Soldiers.

Cradling dummy rifles, Airman Basic Agustina Arguello Andrade and four other recruits crawled along a steep incline, taking deep breaths at an agonizingly slow pace, like big turtles on a sandy beach.

Army trainees complete the Sand Hill Obstacle Course, Jan, 27, 2022, at Fort Benning, Georgia. (Patrick A. Albright/Army) The Army will establish a pre-basic training preparatory course at Fort ...