Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Maj. Gen. Phil Brooks, Fires Center of Excellence commander, center, observes students disable drones at the Joint Counter-small ...

In this video, we take an in-depth look inside U.S. Army Basic Combat Training (BCT) — the intense program that transforms recruits into soldiers. You’ll see the physical drills, mental challenges, ...

In the sweltering Texas heat, the air hung heavy with the usual sounds of high school football practice. But on this particular July 30, at DeSoto Eagles Stadium, a different voice cut through the ...

FORT HOOD, Texas — The sharp echo of drill sergeants’ voices and the thud of boots hitting pavement greeted busloads of high school students as they arrived March 25 at Sadowski Field for the U.S.

Students from high schools in Texas received a firsthand look at Army life during the U.S. Army Basic Training Experience event held March 25 on Sadowski Field in front of III Armored Corps ...

DESOTO, Texas — Fort Hood Soldiers conducted a team-building training session with the DeSoto High School football team at DeSoto Eagles Stadium July 30. The event focused on reinforcing the Army ...

Recently, Secretary of War Pete Hegseth has argued that during the Biden years, Army basic training became too soft and lost some of its hardcore edge. He wants basic training to toughen up. Which ...

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 ...

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 ...