From Green Berets to the S-1 clerk and everyone in between, every soldier has something in common with each other: they’ve all started their military careers at the U.S. Army’s Basic Combat Training.
It’s getting harder and harder to find people to enlist in the Army. With the service expected to miss its projected end strength for this fiscal year by about 10,000 people, the Army isn’t in a ...
Soldiers fire the M4 carbine during marksmanship training at the indoor range Caserma Del Din, Vicenza, Italy, July 9, 2020. (Davide Dalla Massara/Army) When you cave in to a local recruiter and sign ...
VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. — More than 40 feet up the tower at Fort Jackson, Army recruit Robert Smith missed setting his feet on the 4-by-4 plank from which he was to start rappelling down. “I said: ...
COLORADO SPRINGS — The class of 2026 at the U.S. Air Force Academy is taking its first steps into the military. Basic cadet training is underway for six weeks, and it’s their first major challenge on ...
Three decades after the end of the draft, military service has long since ceased to be a widespread experience for the American public. Large segments of society have little or no firsthand knowledge ...
It is unclear whether or not new recruits can bring personal skin care items to boot camp or basic training (Composite via Canva). With highly-involved skincare routines circulating throughout social ...
WASHINGTON (AP) — Last August, Daysia Holiday decided to try one more time to join the Army. She’d taken the academic test and failed three times. So, when she was offered a slot in a new Army prep ...
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 ...
Little is known about why young adults tend to have mild symptoms of the disease A Navy research study of 3,500 Marine recruits could help provide answers as to why young adults infected with COVID-19 ...
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Thanksgiving 2025 at Air Force Basic Military Training

Thanksgiving 2025 at Air Force Basic Military Training is a day that feels different from home, but meaningful in its own way ...
Families wave goodbye, the bus turns the corner, and the tone flips in an instant - the first seconds of basic cadet training ...