Previously, the course allowed potential recruits to work on both losing weight and meeting the Army’s academic requirements.

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 ...

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 ...

Army basic training got a major face lift in 2018. Early in the year, Fort Jackson, South Carolina’s basic training program of instruction was updated to encourage more fitness and discipline in new ...

The Air Force Academy’s Basic Cadet Training is more than a challenge - it’s a test of identity. From the moment the bus ...

Infantry soldiers-in-training conduct close quarters battle training at Fort Benning, Georgia. A pilot program will add eight weeks to infantry basic starting this summer. (Patrick A. Albright/Army) ...

The Pentagon inspector general is launching a study of recruit deaths over the past four years, and how medical care at basic training could have affected them. (Cpl. Caitlin Brink/Marine Corps) ...

FORT MEADE, Md. -- To help slow the spread of coronavirus, the Army will halt the movement of new recruits to basic combat training for at least two weeks, service leaders said Monday. New recruits ...