The Army Is Set to Expand Basic Training, Fueled by New Recruiting Momentum Fort Sill in Oklahoma and Fort Leonard Wood in Missouri will get two additional basic training units each -- able to train an...
During Basic Training, Airmen and Guardians Now Required to Carry Practice M4 Rifles at Most Times Airmen and Guardians will receive the nonfunctioning M4 rifle when they arrive at basic military training and will carry and...
Struggling with a Military Fitness Test? Here’s What You Should Do If you are preparing for a fitness test and feeling overwhelmed, don't worry: You are not alone.
So You Want to Become a Marine? Here's How to Build Your Fitness Level. Too many times, young people start to prepare too late for professions that require fitness tests. Lives may depend on their...
Why Boot Camp Is No Place to Show Up Out of Shape for Military Service As our adult population grows in waist size and decreases in fitness level, so has American children's weight and fitness.
Here's How You Should Train for Boot Camp What do I need to do to prepare for boot camp? This article will be a one-stop shop for people to find links on boot-camp...
Woman or Man, Here's the Common Denominator to Passing a Pull-up Test Women and men can do pull-ups. Women and men can fail to do pull-ups. But the common denominator to passing a pull-up test is...
The Importance of Training Before You Enter the Military Here is a list of just a few of the many former military officers and enlisted who train civilians to lose weight and prepare...
Tactical Fitness and Special Ops Training Learn which training methods would be most useful for passing Special Ops fitness tests.
Iliotibial Band Syndrome: How to Treat This Common Overuse Training Injury Progressively adding miles of running and rucking each week is tough, but the extra swimming with fins can push your ITB to...
Marine Sergeant Major Fired from Recruit Depot Was Arrested and Faces NCIS Investigation Sgt. Maj. Gerardo Trevino's firing follows seven known reliefs or reassignments of leaders responsible for Marine training in...
Trump, Vance, Walz and Harris Are All Talking About the National Guard. What Can (and Can't) It Actually Do? It seems like the National Guard has been everywhere in recent years: Battling wildfires this week in California, patrolling...
Pentagon's New Quality-of-Life Tweaks Aim for Temporary Housing, Uniform Allowances, Wi-Fi The Pentagon said it is working on another tranche of changes and programs -- including Wi-Fi in barracks rooms, new health...
Hawaii Marine Detained in Case of Dependent Death Amid Separate Search for Soldier's Missing Wife A Marine stationed in Hawaii remains in custody this week in connection to the death of a dependent, service officials told...
How 3 Young Americans Ended Up in the Middle of a Coup Attempt in Congo and Facing the Death Penalty The U.S. State Department has not declared the Americans wrongfully detained, making it unlikely that U.S. officials would...
![Newly arrived trainees compete in tug of war at Fort Moore](http://images02.military.com/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail_large/public/2024-08/mil-trainees-tug-of-war-fort-moore-1800.jpg?itok=tEqNWA_e "Newly arrived trainees in different platoons in Alpha Company, 2nd Battalion, 58th Infantry Battalion compete against each other in tug of war during the "First 100 yards" on October 21st, 2022 at Fort Benning, GA. (U.S. Army photo by Capt. Stephanie Snyder)")
