Air Force Touts Success of Program Allowing Recruits to Meet Drill Instructors Before Shipping Out to Boot Camp The Air Force says a program allowing recruits to connect online with a drill instructor before arriving at basic military...
Air Force Refocuses 'Zero Week' of Boot Camp in Hopes of Getting More Recruits Through Keeping airmen and Guardians in the service and making sure they make it through basic military training has become a top...
Too Heavy to Fight? How the Army Is Combating the Obesity Crisis to Find Recruits Pvt. David Dean weighed 320 lbs. when he went to visit a National Guard recruiter. A West Virginia plumber by trade, he...
Once a Pilot, Army Program for Recruits Who Fall Short of Weight, Academic Standards Is Becoming Permanent The Future Soldier Preparatory Course was launched as a pilot program in August last year.
Army Recruit Dies at Fort Moore Just Before Completing Basic Training Pvt. Jacob Atchison, of Pella, Iowa, died July 12 due to a medical emergency, the Army said. The cause of death was unclear...
Nearly 1 in 3 Female Recruits Were Injured in Army Basic Training Last Year Women are at least twice as likely as men to be injured in Army basic training, according to data collected over six years by...
'Did I Make the Right Decision?' How to Take the Guesswork out of Army Basic Training The goal of basic training is to transform a recruit into a soldier. It's as much about constructing the proper mindset as it...
A Marine Vet Used a Chokehold Leading to a Man's Death. The Technique, Taught in Basic Training, Faces Fresh Scrutiny. Days after Jordan Neely died after being held in a chokehold by a Marine veteran aboard a New York City subway train, the vet...
Recruits, Especially from the South, Are Getting Injured at Alarming Rates in Basic Training Southern states contribute the most Army recruits compared to each state's general population of young adults.
6 Tips for Basic Trainees Who Want to Keep Their Drill Instructors Happy Any veteran will tell you that -- in retrospect -- basic training is physically demanding but actually not as hard as it...
Police Who Shot Florida Airman 6 Times in His Home May Have Entered Wrong Apartment, Family Says Senior Airman Roger Fortson lived in an off-base residence, and his special operations squadron at Hurlburt Field in the...
He Served His Country. In Return, His Country Sent Him into Exile. The military relies on noncitizens to fill its ranks. No one is sure how many are later banished from the country they fought...
VA Executives Received $10.8 Million in Improper Bonuses Under PACT Act, Watchdog Finds The Department of Veterans Affairs' Office of Inspector General found that the VA paid $1 million more in bonuses to senior...
Investigation Finds Navy Supply Ship Ran Aground After Captain Left to Eat Dinner The Alan Shepard was launched in 2006 and has space for a crew of more than 120, all of whom are typically civilian mariners...
Florida Airman Was Shot by Deputy Within Seconds of Opening Apartment Door, Body Cam Footage Shows Only as Fortson is lying on the floor of his apartment fatally wounded does the deputy tell him to drop his weapon, a firearm...