FORT SILL, Okla., Oct. 2, 2020 -- When trainees of B Battery, 1st Battalion, 31st Field Artillery finished two weeks of controlled monitoring, they were rewarded with their first physical challenge ...

The U.S. Air Force has finally slain the BEAST. After 16 years, Basic Expeditionary Airman Skills Training will be retired, as the service changes the way it prepares recruits for combat. The once ...

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.

Cradling dummy rifles, Airman Basic Agustina Arguello Andrade and four other recruits crawled along a steep incline, taking deep breaths at an agonizingly slow pace, like big turtles on a sandy beach.

FORT SILL, Okla. -- Newly arrived trainees at Fort Sill don’t realize just how different their Basic Combat Training experience is, but for battery command teams, drill sergeants, and cadre used to ...

U.S. Marine candidates participate in a field training exercise at the Officer Candidate School, Marine Corps Base Quantico, Va., June 20, 2017. (Lance Cpl. Micha R. Pierce/U.S. Marine Corps photo) ...

A U.S. Air Force Airman participates in the Norwegian Foot March at Tyndall Air Force Base, Florida, Oct. 9, 2025. Participants aimed to earn the Norwegian Foot March badge by completing the 18.6-mile ...

FORT JACKSON, SC (WIS) - Every year, more than 60,000 soldiers make their way through the gates of Fort Jackson, transitioning from civilian life to that of a U.S. Army Soldier. Fort Jackson serves as ...