RICHMOND, Va. — The Army is adding a week to basic training, not to teach additional skills but to help recruits better master what they’re already learning. The Army is expanding its standard basic ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Last August, Daysia Holiday decided to try one more time to join the Army. She’d taken the academic test and failed three times. So, when she was offered a slot in a new Army prep ...

BEAUFORT COUNTY, Sc. (WTOC) - UPDATE: The Beaufort County Sheriff’s Office has closed registration for the fall session of the Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) Basic Training Program. A ...

FORT KNOX, Ky. (Jan. 22, 2010) -- Lt. Gen. Mark Hertling, the Training and Doctrine's deputy commanding general for Initial Military Training, spent some time at Fort Knox last week for a conference ...

A trainee from the 198th Infantry Brigade low crawls through an obstacle at Fort Moore, Georgia. (Capt. Stephanie Snyder/U.S. Army) A new approach to training brand new recruits in large-scale combat ...

In the wake of a string of deadly military aviation accidents over the past several years, the U.S. Army is launching a major overhaul of how it trains new pilots that focuses on getting back to the ...

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 ...

Army basic training got a major face lift in 2018. Early in the year, Fort Jackson, South Carolina’s basic training program of instruction was updated to encourage more fitness and discipline in new ...

Air Force recruits in their fifth week of training learn rifle fighting techniques during pugil stick training. The Air Force’s Basic Military Training recently expanded from 7.5 weeks to 8.5 weeks.