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Why the US Army ended one of boot camp’s toughest traditions

For decades, new Army recruits were thrown into boot camp with the infamous Shark Attack, an intense introduction designed to ...
The Army is expanding the number of recruiting companies at its boot camps to increase throughput of potential soldiers. The service hopes they are hitting a turning point in the service’s recruitment ...
When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Credit: Warner Bros. Boot camps and other military training scenes have been part of Hollywood ...
As the Army appears to be turning the corner in its years-long recruiting challenges, two new boot camp sites will start creating even more soldiers this fall. Basic combat training at Fort Sill, ...
Four top tech execs from OpenAI, Meta, and Palantir have just joined the US Army — no obstacle courses, shouted orders, or grueling marches required. The Army Reserve has commissioned these senior ...
During the height of World War II, when thousands of troops were learning intelligence craft at Camp Ritchie in central Maryland, a much smaller corps of several hundred was being trained for ...
The Army Training and Doctrine Command cased its flag Friday at Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Va., to close out 52 years of building the framework that shapes soldiers to fight on the ever-evolving ...
The Air Force's top enlisted leader said there's a desire to let trainees at the service's boot camp carry real rifles, a change that would mirror long-standing norms for other military branches. Last ...
An update to Army basic training rules forbids drill instructors from creating "social media content" with new recruits, and changes the rules on PT-based "smoke" - a term frowned upon in the rules.
Paratroopers assigned to the 82nd Airborne Division train with a Dronebuster on Fort Liberty, North Carolina, July 27, 2023. (Pvt. Jayreliz Batista-Prado/U.S. Army) Soldiers recently deployed to the ...
Demi Moore went through a ton of training in real life to pull off her starring role in G.I. Jane. The movie tells the fictional story of the first woman to go through Navy SEAL training and it's as ...