(Israel Hayom via JNS) For the first time, dozens of ultra-Orthodox Jewish men will undergo a shortened Israel Defense Forces basic training as part of the “Stage B” (Shlav Bet) program, so they can ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 to prepare troops ...

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.

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 ...

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 ...

FORT SILL, Okla. (June 1, 2017) -- They're not even old enough to vote, but they can raise their right hands and swear to obey the orders of the president of the United States as uniformed members of ...