A Marine Vet Used a Chokehold Leading to a Man's Death. The Technique, Taught in Basic Training, Faces Fresh Scrutiny. Days after Jordan Neely died after being held in a chokehold by a Marine veteran aboard a New York City subway train, the vet...
Recruits, Especially from the South, Are Getting Injured at Alarming Rates in Basic Training Southern states contribute the most Army recruits compared to each state's general population of young adults.
6 Tips for Basic Trainees Who Want to Keep Their Drill Instructors Happy Any veteran will tell you that -- in retrospect -- basic training is physically demanding but actually not as hard as it...
Air Force Ends BEAST Week Mock Deployment at Boot Camp The Air Force announced it is getting rid of BEAST week during Basic Military Training, the four-day-long deployed war...
Top 5 Items for Basic Training Here is a list of the top five items you won’t want to be without when you leave for basic training.
Less Screaming, More Weightlifting: The Army Is Reinventing Basic Training for Gen Z Army drill sergeants who model themselves on R. Lee Ermey's ruthless Marine Corps drill instructor in "Full Metal Jacket''...
This Week’s Top Military Photos: F-35 Copy-Paste, a Revolutionary Charge, Gas! Gas! Gas! Military.com's top photos of the week, July 11 - July 15.
Here's How the Army Is Keeping Basic Trainees from Getting Injured as Often A lot of recruits suffer injuries in basic training, some of which can be attributed to the sudden ratcheting up of physical...
Why Winston Churchill Once Visited Fort Jackson To prove that the U.S. Army would be ready, General Marshall took Churchill to the only place that made sense: Fort Jackson.
Why Weights Are Not Necessary to Prepare for Military Boot Camp Nothing prepares you for push-up and pull-up military fitness tests quite like doing push-ups and pull-ups to failure during...
Why Japanese Tanks Were Doomed in the Pacific Theater Today, the Pacific remains a prominent strategic interest for the U.S. military, but the Marine Corps recently deactivated...
Hegseth Says Wounded Knee Soldiers Will Keep Their Medals of Honor Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has announced that he has decided that the 20 soldiers who received the Medal of Honor for...
The Italian WWII Frogmen Who Inspired the U.S. Navy SEALs While uniquely American, SEAL doctrine owes a technical and conceptual debt to Italy’s WWII combat divers, who first combined...
New Mexico's Health Care Crisis Is Forcing Military Personnel to Decline Assignments At New Mexico's three Air Force bases — Kirtland in Albuquerque, Cannon near Clovis and Holloman outside of Alamogordo — the...
Democratic Candidate for Governor of New Jersey Pushes Back After GOP Questions Her Service Record Mikie Sherrill, the Democratic candidate for governor of New Jersey in this year’s high-stakes race, is defending her Navy...