Army tightens standards for its basic training prep course

Potential recruits will now be able to attend the Army Future Soldier Preparatory Course to lose weight or improve their test ...
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NY Army Guard officer is there as his former Iraqi interpreter finishes U.S. Army basic training

FORT JACKSON, South Carolina --In 2008, when New York Army National Guard Lt. Col. Brian Napier was a lieutenant running an ad hoc route clearance platoon north of Baghdad, he developed a bond with ...
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How Hard is Each Boot Camp in the U.S. Military

In order to enlist in the United States Military, you have to go through some sort of boot camp or basic training. Want to know what happens in U.S. military boot camp? Or what every U.S. Military ...
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‘Shark attacks’ may be coming back to Army Basic Training

Nearly five years ago, the Army moved away from the practice of several drill sergeants surrounding trainees and yelling at them to establish dominance at the start of basic training — a practice ...