Check out the updated version of the Army combat fitness test (ACFT). The Army's basic training physical fitness test is a three-event physical performance test used to assess endurance. It measures ...

Haircuts are a rite of passage during military basic training. Almost immediately after arrival, your hair will be cut so short that it almost feels like you were shaved bald (guys only). After the ...

Infantry soldiers-in-training conduct close quarters battle training at Fort Benning, Georgia. A pilot program will add eight weeks to infantry basic starting this summer. (Patrick A. Albright/Army) ...

According to the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD), basic training, or boot camp, is the first step for anyone who wants to be a soldier in the U.S. Army. It is a 10-week program that has three phases ...

WASHINGTON -- The drill sergeants yelled at him relentlessly, as Josh Oller pushed himself through the trying weeks of basic combat training at Fort Jackson, South Carolina. Oller had already endured ...

With the establishment of the all-volunteer force in 1973, the Army viewed increasing women’s participation as critical to meeting recruitment goals. But questions arose about the roles of women ...

Jack Spencer is a Senior Research Fellow for Energy and Environmental Policy at The Heritage Foundation. President George Bush's recent 2002 budget supplemental request for the military rightly ...

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.

For the first time in three years, Army recruits will have to pass a marksmanship test during basic training using only the backup iron sights for the M16 rifles and M4 carbines, officials said. “The ...

The U.S. Air Force has finally slain the BEAST. After 16 years, Basic Expeditionary Airman Skills Training will be retired, as the service changes the way it prepares recruits for combat. The once ...