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

The Army is piloting a long list of changes to its basic training that will roll out in coming months, involving marksmanship, fitness, discipline and more. (Spc. Madelyn Hancock/Army) Big changes are ...

Army 1st. Lt. Chavonda Andrews, Voting Assistance Officer for 120th Adjutant General Battalion, stands next to a static voting information display in the battalion's building. (Sgt. Cierra Quinn/Army) ...

More than 400 new recruits are on hold at Fort Benning, Georgia's reception station and may have to wait as long as three weeks to begin Basic Combat Training. Fort Benning usually experiences an ...

WASHINGTON -- The drill sergeants yelled at him relentlessly, as Josh Oller pushed himself through the trying weeks of basic combat training at Fort Jackson, South Carolina. Oller had already endured ...

Finally, at the airport, they'll call your flight, and it's time to board the plane. If you've made it to this point, give yourself a pat on the back. Unless your aircraft gets hijacked, or over-run ...

Jim McCloughan credits Fort Knox basic training with saving his life. After graduating college, the former Army combat medic and Medal of Honor recipient attended basic training at Fort Knox in 1968 ...

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.

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 ...

A 39-year-old going through basic training at Fort Jackson died following her reception into the training unit Monday, according to a press release from Fort Jackson. Pfc. Veronica L. Wynn was engaged ...