JOINT BASE MCGUIRE-DIX-LAKEHURST, N.J., Aug. 5, 2010 - Soldiers from Headquarters, Headquarters Company (HHC), 99th Regional Support Command, honed their basic rifleman skills during Preliminary ...

FORT BENNING, Ga. - "I could've chosen a job in electronics but you don't get to blow stuff up and shoot things, not on purpose anyway," said PVT Kyle Hiura, who is in one station unit training with D ...

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 ...

In the Army, basic combat training is the first step of training as a soldier, and for those in fields like the infantry, it marks the beginning of an arduous and comprehensive skills-based training ...

The Army is launching a training course to fix a deficit in one of the most fundamental skills of soldiering: shooting straight. The Marksmanship Master Trainer Course was first stood up by the U.S.

Trainees high crawl through the mud on an obstacle course during Army Basic Combat Training at Fort Jackson, S.C. The nine-week course designed to transform young American volunteers into Soldiers.

U.S. Army training officials have finalized a plan to ensure new recruits in Basic Combat Training receive more trigger time on their individual weapons. In the past, new soldiers would learn to shoot ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The 25-year-old former U.S. Army reservist who shot dead five Dallas policemen in a racially motivated sniper attack was a poor marksman during basic training, a soldier who ...

The U.S. Army's Master Marksmanship Training Course (MMTC) is a five-week effort intended to provide NCOs with the knowledge and skill sets necessary to return to their units ready to teach and ...