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.
Basic Training: The Places You'll Go The military branches have several basic training locations. Your destination depends on several factors.
The Email Chain Heard 'Round the Corps: Top Enlisted Leader Makes Surprise Visit to Corporal's Graduation Cpl. Andrew Hundley never expected fame, but after becoming a Marine Corps sensation overnight, he wields it with humility...
Retired Rear Admiral Who Served Under Trump Warns of Plans to Politicize Military Justice System Retired Rear Adm. Jim McPherson warned that the Trump administration and leaders in the Pentagon have politicized the...
Pentagon Proposes Ending 14 Advisory Panels, Including Historic Committee Focused on Women in the Services As part of a review to determine whether the boards provide value and contribute to Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's vision...
Army Faces Backlash over Plan to Divert Barracks Funds to Border Mission The decision, reported last week by Military.com, would gut a key portion of the Army's Facilities Sustainment, Restoration...
US Soldier Gets 23 Years for Killing His Pregnant Wife with a Machete And Dumping Her in the Trash Pfc. Dewayne Johnson II pleaded guilty earlier in the week to voluntary manslaughter, obstruction of justice and providing...
