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.
Basic Training: The Places You'll Go The military branches have several basic training locations. Your destination depends on several factors.
VA to Give Veterans One-Year Authorizations to Seek Care from Private Providers in 30 Specialties The move allows veterans to get 12 months of private treatment without having to request a reauthorization.
Air Force Investigating After Security Forces Kill Civilian Who Crashed into Arizona Base Gate An airman from the base's Security Forces Squadron "shot and fatally injured" the civilian after several of the troops used...
Broken Altimeter, Ignored Warnings: Hearings Reveal What Went Wrong in DC Crash that Killed 67 Over three days of sometimes contentious hearings this week, the National Transportation Safety Board interrogated Federal...
Senators Seek Answers on Hawaii Veteran Ordered to Self-Deport U.S. Sens. Mazie Hirono and Richard Blumenthal of Connecticut have sent a letter to Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem...
Heart’s Ann and Nancy Wilson Rock On: ‘Our Military Upbringing Helped Us in Many Ways’ Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductees Ann and Nancy Wilson of Heart have never served in any branch of the military. But the...
