Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth wants to bring back an older, rougher kind of basic training where drill sergeants "instill ...

Recently, Secretary of War Pete Hegseth has argued that during the Biden years, Army basic training became too soft and lost some of its hardcore edge. He wants basic training to toughen up. Which ...

An 18-year-old basic training soldier from California was killed during rifle training at Fort Leonard Wood on Friday morning, officials at the Missouri Army training installation said Monday. Pvt.

LAWTON, Okla. (KSWO) - The ‘First 100 Yards′ is a monumental milestone for any soldier. It’s the first 100 yards of Basic Combat Training, and the very first test for trainees in the 434th Field ...

An increase in Army recruitment and enlistment has led to five more basic combat training companies at Fort Leonard Wood in Missouri, and a 30% increase in soldiers training there. The Army has ...

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth may bring back the practice of several Army drill sergeants swarming and screaming at recruits during basic training in what is known as a “shark attack.” The practice, ...

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is considering reversing a ban on the "shark attack," the time-honored aggressive practice used by drill sergeants to train U.S. Army recruits in basic training. The ...

More than 800 members of the 37th Training Wing’s 737th Training Group graduated Wednesday at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland and are now official members of the Air Force and Space Force. They will ...

The Army is set to dramatically expand how many new recruits it can send to basic training this spring, riding the momentum of recent gains toward reversing a recruiting slump it has struggled with in ...

Maj. Gen. Phil Brooks, Fires Center of Excellence commander, center, observes students disable drones at the Joint Counter-small Unmanned Aircraft Systems University. (Christopher Wilson/U.S. Army) ...

A trainee from the 198th Infantry Brigade low crawls through an obstacle at Fort Moore, Georgia. (Capt. Stephanie Snyder/U.S. Army) A new approach to training brand new recruits in large-scale combat ...

National Guard soldiers depart in an LUH-72A Lakota helicopter May, 21, 2018. A Lakota helicopter crashed in 2023 along the southwest border. The helicopter is used as the Army's basic training ...