U.S. Air Force Basic Military Training is any airman’s first step into the massive world of the Air Force. From security forces to combat controllers, logisticians to mechanics, all airmen start their ...

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 new study of British infantry recruits suggests a recruit's success in basic training relies not just on physical ability but an often-overlooked psychological profile. In other words, your success ...

WASHINGTON – A remedial course designed to prepare potential Army recruits for basic training will become a permanent part of the service’s strategy in overcoming its sagging enlistment numbers, ...

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 ...

The U.S. Space Force is set to train its new recruits separately from the Air Force for the first time next month when it launches its inaugural guardians-only Basic Military Training class, service ...

Every year, 30,000 civilians arrive at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland and leave 7½ weeks later as full-fledged U.S. Air Force airmen They rise early and spend their days marching, running and being ...

Army drill sergeants who model themselves on R. Lee Ermey's ruthless Marine Corps drill instructor in "Full Metal Jacket'' are on their way out the door. Those noncommissioned officers have for ...

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

Members of the Future Soldier Prep Course play a game of football with their instructor on August 22, 2022 at Fort Jackson, S.C. (Davis Winkie/Staff) FORT JACKSON, S.C. — On a humid August morning ...

FORT LEONARD WOOD, Mo. — Fort Leonard Wood Soldiers are learning to operate unmanned aircraft systems, commonly called a UAS or drone, so they can incorporate the critical battlefield technology into ...

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, ...