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

Pete Hegseth may reinstate the aggressive "shark attack" practice used by drill sergeants to train U.S. Army recruits, which ...

New soldiers at Fort Sill, Oklahoma, are conducting counter-drone drills during “ The Forge,” the capstone field exercise in basic training, according to an Army release.

The Army's basic training is not the most challenging course a soldier can attend, but it does prepare them for the training they face following graduation.

Civilian to Soldier begins with Basic Combat Training (Editor's note: This is the first of a 11-part series on Basic Combat Training at Fort Leonard Wood. From reception station to graduation ...

FORT SILL, Oklahoma (Feb. 13, 2020) -- Thirteen Future Soldiers, all hailing from Southwest Oklahoma and ranging in age from 17 to 25 years, initially assembled at the rear of an indoor training ...

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

The Army is looking to extend the length of basic training, just six months after beefing up the course by rolling out a series of new tests that are mandatory for graduation.

New soldiers at Fort Sill were the first to graduate Army Basic Combat Training wearing the service's new Army Greens.

On Jan. 16, the two soldiers endured a grueling final trial of Basic Combat Training called the Night Infiltration Course — a 200-meter low crawl beneath barbed wire performed under heavy ...