Six months after the Air Force launched a tougher, more combat-centric training program, airmen and prospective instructors are clamoring to get involved.

FILE - Chief of Staff of the Army Gen. James McConville left, listens to Daysia Holiday, a student in the Future Soldier Prep Course, right, at Fort Jackson in Columbia, S.C. Aug. 26, 2022. (AP ...

The U.S. Army subjects all new recruits to Basic Combat Training, or BCT, a 10-week course designed to toughen and condition recruits while also educating them about Army philosophy and giving them ...

WALTON — James Strong was well prepared for his return to the football field for the Lewis Cass Kings. Strong spent from the middle of June through the start of September in U.S. Army Basic Combat ...

The Army had 479,785 active duty members in 2019, reports Military OneSource. As the largest branch of the U.S. military, it's constantly seeking recruits who are ready and willing to serve their ...

U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Oscar Puentes, a student at Drill Instructor School, Marine Corps Recruit Depot (MCRD) San Diego, shouts a command during drill and ceremony practice at MCRD San Diego, Feb. 22, ...

U.S. Army soldiers from the One Station Unit Training low-crawl while negotiating an obstacle course during their first week of basic training in Fort Benning, Georgia, March 9, 2012. (Staff Sgt.