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 ...

The U.S. Army has replaced the chaotic reception recruits entering basic training have long received from shouting drill sergeants with a training event designed to create a bond with their ...

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 ...

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

The chain of command in Army basic training runs from the lowest-ranking recruit (you) all the way to the president of the United States. Simply, the Army basic training chain of command is as ...

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.

However, basic training that has already begun and advanced individual training will continue in a limited capacity to maintain readiness, said Gen. Paul Funk II, U.S. Army Training and Doctrine ...

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 ...