U.S. Air Force Basic Trainees get their heads shaved and conduct evening details, making their beds and cleaning their ...

8. Sandbags. Sandbags have many uses by the military, from blocking bullets and building huts to creating a way to add ...

The Air Force Academy’s Basic Cadet Training is more than a challenge - it’s a test of identity. From the moment the bus ...

Potential recruits will now be able to attend the Army Future Soldier Preparatory Course to lose weight or improve their test ...

Here's what I would do with two days a week of swimming to get ready for the challenges of the Air Force pararescue (PJ) ...

We head to the airport for this installment of Pay It 4ward to honor a volunteer who serves soldiers on their way to basic ...

"I remember suddenly beginning to see light through my eyes," Team USA artistic swimmer Anita Alvarez says of her near-death experience, "just as they were starting to put an oxygen mask on me" Even ...

The Air Force already has enough potential recruits waiting for boot camp to meet more than half its 2026 recruiting goal.

In 2020, the COVID-19 impacted people’s work, social life and education. For Tiffany Starling, it affected how ...

Air Force basic and technical trainees no longer have any alternative exercises available in the service’s fitness test, as only the three traditional events are now being used in the assessment for ...

Two former students from South Side high schools recently graduated from basic military training at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland. Air Force Reserve Airman 1st Class Felicia G. Esquivel is a 1999 ...

An update to Army basic training rules forbids drill instructors from creating "social media content" with new recruits, and changes the rules on PT-based "smoke" - a term frowned upon in the rules.