The updated 29-day course adds a week of tactical field training and simulated combat missions to the Army’s foundational NCO ...
FORT INDIANTOWN GAP, Pa. – The 166th Regiment-Regional Training Institute is serving as the Army National Guard’s validation site for the Army’s new 29-day Basic Leader Course, helping refine the ...
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The US Army Rangers are bringing back bayonets

Bayonet training has mostly been replaced in US Army basic training by other hand-to-hand combat, but Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth’s “warrior ethos” may have led to its return.
The Army will slash nearly one dozen mandatory training programs for its soldiers in the summer as it looks to streamline their time to focus on combat readiness tasks, service officials said. The ...
Drill sergeants with 2nd Battalion, 48th Infantry Regiment, welcome a new soldier to Fort Leonard Wood on training day zero as part of the End Strength Increase in 2017. (U.S. Army photo by Stephen ...