More than 80 active-duty and Reserve Citizen Airmen participated in training designed to enhance members' confidence in wearing the gas mask and protective gear during chemical, biological, ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Last August, Daysia Holiday decided to try one more time to join the Army. She’d taken the academic test and failed three times. So, when she was offered a slot in a new Army prep ...

WASHINGTON — The Army is widening access to its new preparatory course to allow a candidate to enroll in the fitness and academic tracks to help more potential recruits meet the service’s entry ...

Just over a year ago, the Navy launched a three-week prep course for new recruits who might never have made it to boot camp. The Navy Future Sailor Preparatory Course gave a path to enlistment to ...

One by one, a group of basic cadets — covered in sweat and gasping for air — lunged out of a storage container filled with tear gas. The exercise was part of basic training, a 40-day period intended ...

Members of the Future Soldier Prep Course play a game of football with their instructor on August 22, 2022 at Fort Jackson, S.C. (Davis Winkie/Staff) FORT JACKSON, S.C. — On a humid August morning ...

The prep courses started in 2022 and were an immediate success, graduating about 95% of attending soldiers who were then allowed to move on to basic training. So far, nearly 17,300 troops have ...

FORT SILL, Oklahoma (April 7, 2021) -- Cadets from Cameron University’s Army ROTC “Comanche Battalion” trained with their Fort Sill community partner 1st Battalion, 79th Field Artillery April 6, at ...

As a contracted cadet you can expect to take three credit hours of classes each semester. These hours include physical training, classroom time, and leadership lab. Combined, these classes take up ...

In a move meant to boost fighting spirit in new Air Force and Space Force recruits, basic trainees are now issued M-4 rifles early in boot camp which they carry and maintain throughout the course at ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Last August, Daysia Holiday decided to try one more time to join the Army. She’d taken the academic test and failed three times. So, when she was offered a slot in a new Army prep ...