Haircuts are a rite of passage during military basic training. Almost immediately after arrival, your hair will be cut so short that it almost feels like you were shaved bald (guys only).

In basic training, soldiers discover they’re stronger, more disciplined, and more resilient than they thought. They learn to push past limits, trust others, lead with patience, and believe in ...

BEAST Week, which stands for Basic Expeditionary Airman Skills Training, was an important part of the Air Force's initial entry training for 16 years. The training was a four-day-long deployed war ...

The Air Force is changing the way it conducts Basic Military Training, replacing a four-day-long field training exercise with a new scenario that lasts 36 hours. In an announcement Wednesday ...

The US Space Force has hit a critical milestone: dedicated basic training for its early recruits. As dawn breaks on Day 38 of basic training at Joint Base San Antonio, a bugle playing reveille ...

Despite concerns by national level commissions, scholars, and practitioners about the substance of police academy basic training, this study is the first since the 1980s to examine the content of ...

The Forge has been in place since 2018 as a regular feature of basic training. The event closely mirrors “The Crucible,” which the Marine Corps instituted in its recruit training in the 1990s.

Wherever the new soldiers come from, Ukrainian field commanders said that because training is so deficient, they must often devote weeks to teaching them basic skills, such as how to shoot.

WASHINGTON – A remedial course designed to prepare potential Army recruits for basic training will become a permanent part of the service’s strategy in overcoming its sagging enlistment ...