FORT SILL, Okla. -- A major change in Army Basic Combat Training, or BCT, better prepares trainees for today's operational theater. The "Forge" is a grueling, 96-hour, cumulative training exercise ...

The Air Force is changing the way it conducts Basic Military Training, replacing a four-day-long field training exercise with a new scenario that lasts 36 hours. In an announcement Wednesday, the ...

Every year, 30,000 civilians arrive at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland and leave 7½ weeks later as full-fledged U.S. Air Force airmen They rise early and spend their days marching, running and being ...

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 ...

Airmen and Guardians will once again carry practice weapons during their nearly eight weeks of basic military training, a change that Department of the Air Force officials say is needed amid rising ...

Basic trainees move in formation during the Forge, the final field training exercise of Army initial entry training, on Feb. 19 at Fort Jackson, S.C. (Army). FORT JACKSON, S.C. ― It’s day three of ...

Part four of a four-part series. After several weeks of strict professional military training, Pfc. Kaitlyn Castro and Pvt. Rhys Bullington completed their transformation from civilian to soldier. On ...

For the first time in the history of basic military training at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas, a Space Force-trained Guardian has been named as the top graduate. In a press release Tuesday, ...