So you've gotten orders to report to Fort Jackson, South Carolina, for Army basic training. Welcome to the largest TRADOC (Training and Doctrine Command) post in the entire Army! Basic combat training ...

An update to Army basic training rules forbids drill instructors from creating "social media content" with new recruits, and changes the rules on PT-based "smoke" - a term frowned upon in the rules.

If you’ve observed Army recruits on their first day at basic training in recent years, you may have noticed something a little different: there isn’t quite as much screaming. It’s been almost two ...

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 ...

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 ...

Army Expanding Pre-Basic Training Prep Courses to Bring in More Soldiers and Curb Recruiting Crisis Two Future Soldier Preparatory Course students compare notes during a study hall session at Fort ...

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: ...