Exploring how each U.S. military branch uniquely shapes recruits through distinct, challenging basic training experiences.

The Air Force has lengthened the capstone event that all recruits face at the end of basic training to make sure that airmen sweat in training so they don’t bleed in war. The first boot camp class to ...

An increase in Army recruitment and enlistment has led to five more basic combat training companies at Fort Leonard Wood in Missouri, and a 30% increase in soldiers training there. The Army has ...

An update to Army basic training rules forbids drill instructors from creating "social media content" with new recruits, and changes the rules on PT-based "smoke" - a term frowned upon in the rules.

The new dress uniforms come after years of development and will be worn Dec. 18 for the guardians’ graduation ceremony.

FORT LEONARD WOOD, Mo. — Fort Leonard Wood Soldiers are learning to operate unmanned aircraft systems, commonly called a UAS or drone, so they can incorporate the critical battlefield technology into ...

The Nigerian Air Force has graduated no fewer than 1,296 recruits at the Passing Out Parade of Basic Military Training Course 45/2025.The graduation marked the recruits’ transition from civilian life ...