Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A student in the fitness track of the U.S. Army's Future Soldier Preparatory Course works on deadlifts during a training session.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Last August, Daysia Holiday decided to try one more time to join the Army. She’d taken the academic test and failed three times. So, when she was offered a slot in a new Army prep ...

Kenyan graduate Mellon Laibich conquers US Army Basic Combat Training, sharing her transformative journey of faith, ...

U.S. Army Soldiers attending Basic Leader Course conducted by the 166th Regiment - Regional Training Institute participate in field training during validation of the Army’s new 29-day Basic Leader ...

The Army is preparing to sunset its Lakota helicopter as its primary basic trainer while bringing on an entirely new approach to its aviator schoolhouse. (Ssg. Austin Berner/U.S. Army) In the wake of ...

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is considering reversing a ban on the "shark attack," the time-honored aggressive practice used by drill sergeants to train U.S. Army recruits in basic training. The ...