"Shark attacks" are meant to allow drill sergeants to establish dominance over trainees early on. The Army has moved away ...

Three years ago, the Army faced a recruitment crisis. Behind its recovery is a program for would-be soldiers who don't make ...

Cognitive Neuroscience and Neuroimaging suggests that stress experienced during basic combat training may dampen the brain’s ...

Who's the best judge of how well a young person is performing in Basic Combat Training, or BCT? It turns out the Army thinks that other basic trainees might be really good at evaluating how their ...

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth may bring back the practice of several Army drill sergeants swarming and screaming at recruits ...

Citing a disturbing trend of new soldiers lacking both proper discipline and physical fitness, senior U.S. Army leaders are calling for a tougher and longer basic training program as the military ...

The Forge, which has been part of Army basic training for several years, puts new soldiers through a three-day field training exercise that concludes with a 10-mile ruck march.

The Army wants to establish a 90-day pre-basic training preparatory course for those who don’t meet minimum physical or aptitude standards.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Buoyed by an increase in recruiting, the Army will expand its basic combat training in what its leaders hope reflects a turning point as it prepares to meet the challenges of ...

High school football tryouts started Aug. 15, but Shawsheen Tech senior Ralph Raymond didn’t suit up until a week later. He ...

Opinion: The Trump administration has every right to change policy as it sees fit. But characterizing CAP as a Biden-era ...