Previously, the course allowed potential recruits to work on both losing weight and meeting the Army’s academic requirements.

It’s getting harder and harder to find people to enlist in the Army. With the service expected to miss its projected end strength for this fiscal year by about 10,000 people, the Army isn’t in a ...

Dan McKinney is the director of the academy. He said training future officers and offering specialized classes for current ...

COLORADO SPRINGS — The class of 2026 at the U.S. Air Force Academy is taking its first steps into the military. Basic cadet training is underway for six weeks, and it’s their first major challenge on ...

The Pentagon inspector general is launching a study of recruit deaths over the past four years, and how medical care at basic training could have affected them. (Cpl. Caitlin Brink/Marine Corps) ...

Infantry soldiers-in-training conduct close quarters battle training at Fort Benning, Georgia. A pilot program will add eight weeks to infantry basic starting this summer. (Patrick A. Albright/Army) ...

FORT MEADE, Md. -- To help slow the spread of coronavirus, the Army will halt the movement of new recruits to basic combat training for at least two weeks, service leaders said Monday. New recruits ...

When potential military recruits consider a life in service, questions about basic training are typically among the first asked. While there are resources aplenty, particularly for Army basic training ...