Nearly five years ago, the Army moved away from the practice of several drill sergeants surrounding trainees and yelling at them to establish dominance at the start of basic training — a practice ...
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is considering reversing a ban on the "shark attack," the time-honored aggressive practice used by drill sergeants to train U.S. Army recruits in basic training. The ...
FORT SILL, Okla. (May 30, 2023) — Take a look inside Day 1 of Basic Combat Training with the 434th Field Artillery Brigade at Fort Sill. First day trainees with the 1st Battalion, 31st Field Artillery ...
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.