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 ...

Exploring how each U.S. military branch uniquely shapes recruits through distinct, challenging basic training experiences.

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 ...

Air Force recruits in their fifth week of training learn rifle fighting techniques during pugil stick training. The Air Force’s Basic Military Training recently expanded from 7.5 weeks to 8.5 weeks.

Bayonet training has mostly been replaced in US Army basic training by other hand-to-hand combat, but Secretary of Defense ...

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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.

FORT JACKSON, SC (WIS) - Every year, more than 60,000 soldiers make their way through the gates of Fort Jackson, transitioning from civilian life to that of a U.S. Army Soldier. Fort Jackson serves as ...