Basic Training Is Hard, but Here's How to Make It a Little Bit Easier If you have impeccable concentration when a large person is screaming in your face, then great. For everyone else, prep helps...
Length of Basic Training and When You Will Get Your First Paycheck Military basic training isn't created equally in every branch.
Joining the Military: Settling into Your Routine Just when you think you can't keep your eyes open any longer, your drill instructor will tell everyone to hit the rack.
In Basic Training, Surviving the Gas Chamber Requires Sound Strategy Every recruit who goes through basic training is subjected to training in the gas chamber. Learn how to prepare for it.
From the Final Oath to Arriving at Basic: Where Does the Time Go? When you're done with MEPS, it's time to take the oath and head out to basic training.
Fort Jackson Basic Training: What You Need to Know So you're to report to Fort Jackson for basic training. Welcome to the Army's largest Training and Doctrine Command post.
Determined Marine Steamrolls Recruit Training The Marines can provide an opportunity to see the world while serving, but for some, it's the start of a better life.
Building a G.I. from Scratch The old adage about the military way should really read, "The right way, the wrong way and the basic training way."
Basic Training: Waking Up and Going to Sleep In military basic training, there's no such thing as sleeping in. You'll get up at 5 a.m., every single day.
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...
