Basic Training Is Hard, but Here's How to Make It a Little Bit Easier If you have impeccable concentration when a large person is screaming in your face, then great. For everyone else, prep helps...
Length of Basic Training and When You Will Get Your First Paycheck Military basic training isn't created equally in every branch.
Joining the Military: Settling into Your Routine Just when you think you can't keep your eyes open any longer, your drill instructor will tell everyone to hit the rack.
In Basic Training, Surviving the Gas Chamber Requires Sound Strategy Every recruit who goes through basic training is subjected to training in the gas chamber. Learn how to prepare for it.
From the Final Oath to Arriving at Basic: Where Does the Time Go? When you're done with MEPS, it's time to take the oath and head out to basic training.
Fort Jackson Basic Training: What You Need to Know So you're to report to Fort Jackson for basic training. Welcome to the Army's largest Training and Doctrine Command post.
Determined Marine Steamrolls Recruit Training The Marines can provide an opportunity to see the world while serving, but for some, it's the start of a better life.
Building a G.I. from Scratch The old adage about the military way should really read, "The right way, the wrong way and the basic training way."
Basic Training: Waking Up and Going to Sleep In military basic training, there's no such thing as sleeping in. You'll get up at 5 a.m., every single day.
Soldier Dies on Fort Leonard Wood Rifle Range The Army identified the 18-year-old on Monday but has not provided details into the circumstances of his death.
Trump Celebrates West Point Alumni Group Canceling Award Ceremony to Honor Tom Hanks President Donald Trump celebrated news on Monday that an alumni group from West Point canceled an award ceremony set to honor...
Records Show the VA Failed to Treat a Father’s Common Infection. Now He’s Paying the Price. Anthony Walker always liked to think of himself as “the man.” He always liked to think of himself as “tough Tony.” But that...
South Koreans Feel Betrayed over Detainment of Hundreds of Workers at Plant Raid in Georgia South Korea’s foreign minister departed for the U.S. to finalize steps for the return of several hundred South Korean workers...
A Military Approach to Drug Busts Upends US Efforts and Raises Legal Questions The Trump administration has indicated more military strikes on drug targets could be coming, saying it is seeking to “wage...