New soldiers arriving for their first day of basic combat training at Fort Jackson, South Carolina, are "welcomed" by drill sergeants. (Sgt. 1st Class Brian Hamilton/Army) Some recent changes to Army ...

Army 1st. Lt. Chavonda Andrews, Voting Assistance Officer for 120th Adjutant General Battalion, stands next to a static voting information display in the battalion's building. (Sgt. Cierra Quinn/Army) ...

Military entry-level training, like most things in 2020, has been anything but normal this year. Recruits have spent the weeks leading up to boot camp or basic training sequestered in dorm rooms and ...

If you’ve observed Army recruits on their first day at basic training in recent years, you may have noticed something a little different: there isn’t quite as much screaming. It’s been almost two ...

New soldiers at Fort Sill, Oklahoma were the first to graduate Army Basic Combat Training this month wearing the service's new Army Greens -- modeled after an iconic World War II uniform. After ...

WASHINGTON -- The drill sergeants yelled at him relentlessly, as Josh Oller pushed himself through the trying weeks of basic combat training at Fort Jackson, South Carolina. Oller had already endured ...

Nov. 17 (UPI) --A group of soldiers who graduated from basic training Fort Sill, Okla., became the first graduating class nationwide to wear the Army's new dress uniform this week. Fort Sill posted ...

During Army basic training at Fort Jackson, recruits repel down Victory Tower, learn how to fire weapons, march for miles in formation and train in combat situations side by side. For most of the Army ...

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 ...

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Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth may bring back the practice of several Army drill sergeants swarming and screaming at recruits during basic training in what is known as a “shark attack.” The practice, ...

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.