After four years in the Army, Nicolas Brooklier wasn’t sure what to do next. Brooklier, who had served as a transportation and logistics officer and attained the rank of captain, mulled getting his ...

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Being away from family can be difficult, no matter what stage of life you're in. It can be doubly difficult for a young person just striking out in the world if they're not only suddenly separated ...

Chief of Staff of the Army Gen. James McConville left, gestures to a student in the new Army prep course at Fort Jackson in Columbia, S.C., Friday, Aug. 26, 2022. McConville visited Fort Jackson to ...

The U.S. Army’s top civilian official said that a program launched this year to help potential recruits meet academic and physical standards has been successful and now the service wants to expand it.

Columbia, South Carolina — The recruits are up before dawn at Fort Jackson, an Army base in South Carolina. But this is not your father's boot camp. Instructors here act more like personal trainers ...

Soon brand new Army recruits will learn how to identify and counter small drone threats in basic training. The Army wants soldiers at every level to understand the danger of small drone attacks and ...

Here’s What You Need to Know: Some things are better the second time around. In 2020, Staff Sergeant Monte L. Gould, a 59-year-old veteran, graduated from Army boot camp in the top 10 percent of his ...

They want YOU in the Army — even if you’ve spent too much time in the “mess hall.” A new program launched by the military branch coddles overweight, out-of-shape and intellectually challenged recruits ...

The Army is going all-in on pre-basic training courses that aim to get applicants within weight standards and boost scores on the military's entrance exam as it scrambles for recruits to fill the ...

An Eighth Army soldier uses a Drone Defender counter-small unmanned aerial system device during a training exercise February 2023 in South Korea. (Spc.William Hunter/Army) Soon brand new Army recruits ...