"Shark attacks" are meant to allow drill sergeants to establish dominance over trainees early on. The Army has moved away ...

Pete Hegseth may reinstate the aggressive "shark attack" practice used by drill sergeants to train U.S. Army recruits, which ...

Buoyed by an increase in recruiting, the Army will expand its basic combat training in what its leaders hope reflects a turning point as it prepares to meet the challenges of future wars. The ...

The Army wants to establish a 90-day pre-basic training preparatory course for those who don’t meet minimum physical or aptitude standards.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth may bring back the practice of several Army drill sergeants swarming and screaming at recruits ...

Basic Training Chain of Command Everyone in the military has a chain of command. The chain of command is used to issue orders (downward) and to ask for clarification and resolve problems (upward ...

Facing terrorist strikes and cyber warfare, the Army is shedding training that has little use on today's battlefields - such as using old-fashioned bayonets that don't fit modern automatic rifles ...

The Army's 10-week basic training course is fast-paced, with new soldier tasks taught almost daily. Missing a day could put the soldier behind when they show up to their first duty assignment.

Blind obedience-oriented basic combat training is out; confidence-building and thinking-oriented training is now in.

Who's the best judge of how well a young person is performing in Basic Combat Training, or BCT? It turns out the Army thinks that other basic trainees might be really good at evaluating how their ...