COLUMBIA, S.C. (WIS) - A group of soldiers fresh out of basic training from Fort Jackson received a special treat from USO South Carolina on Friday. The soldiers were on their way to Advanced ...
As the Army appears to be turning the corner in its years-long recruiting challenges, two new boot camp sites will start creating even more soldiers this fall. Basic combat training at Fort Sill, ...
WASHINGTON (AP) — Last August, Daysia Holiday decided to try one more time to join the Army. She’d taken the academic test and failed three times. So, when she was offered a slot in a new Army prep ...
Mike Hynes served his country with pride and distinction in the US Army for 32 years from 1980 to 2012, retiring as a colonel ...
New soldiers arriving for their first day of Basic Combat Training, are "welcomed" by drill sergeants from both the U.S. Army and U.S. Army Reserve. (Sgt. 1st Class Brian Hamilton/Army) Two memos ...
As the U.S. Army prepares to celebrate Army Heritage Month and its 248th birthday, Spc. Luca Norian, a Massachusetts National Guard Soldier, recently completed Basic Combat Training, Advanced ...
FORT SILL, Oklahoma (May 24, 2021) – Army families were invited to attend a basic combat training graduation ceremony May 21, for the first time since to global pandemic put a halt to public ...
For some, it’s hard to believe it’s nearly March. For others, particularly high school seniors, it seems May and graduation can’t get here fast enough. For those leaving the halls of Chadron High, ...
Roughly 1 in 4 young adults are too overweight to qualify to serve in the military. But even a lot of the ones who make it through the recruiting process suffer injuries in basic training, some of ...
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.
Private Brian Richard Wateski recently graduated from Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri, as part of the 701st MP BN. He completed his basic training/AIT in December as Army Military Police. Brian, a 2009 ...
WASHINGTON (AP) — Last August, Daysia Holiday decided to try one more time to join the Army. She’d taken the academic test and failed three times. So, when she was offered a slot in a new Army prep ...