The Maritime Industry Authority (MARINA) clarified that seafarers with a valid Basic Training (BT) Certificate of Proficiency (COP) may still board vessels without immediately undergoing the Updating ...

Starting this month, the Army has begun closing some dining facilities at major bases to begin renovations that will overhaul and privatize how soldiers eat on base. But according to documents posted ...

What is usually an event of tears and hugs of pride and gratitude got a playful twist from one family from Bowie, Maryland. Two sisters, about to pin a U.S. Army patch on their brother’s sleeve as he ...

The Army is set to dramatically expand how many new recruits it can send to basic training this spring, riding the momentum of recent gains toward reversing a recruiting slump it has struggled with in ...

Maj. Gen. Phil Brooks, Fires Center of Excellence commander, center, observes students disable drones at the Joint Counter-small Unmanned Aircraft Systems University. (Christopher Wilson/U.S. Army) ...

The Army is again dramatically expanding its pre-basic training courses that were created to get young Americans into compliance with the service's enlistment standards, as those courses are becoming ...

From Green Berets to the S-1 clerk and everyone in between, every soldier has something in common with each other: they’ve all started their military careers at the U.S. Army’s Basic Combat Training.

Members of the Future Soldier Prep Course play a game of football with their instructor on August 22, 2022 at Fort Jackson, S.C. (Davis Winkie/Staff) FORT JACKSON, S.C. — On a humid August morning ...

Just half a century ago, people dreamed of a future where everything was automated and our every whim was satisfied by robots. Perhaps we don’t have robots everywhere now, but we do have a stunning ...

It is unclear whether or not new recruits can bring personal skin care items to boot camp or basic training (Composite via Canva). With highly-involved skincare routines circulating throughout social ...

New recruits have many fears about bathroom availability during basic training. (Composite via Canva) A recent scan of online forums revealed that new recruits beginning their military career have one ...