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The time has finally come to announce this year’s plans for a Fall 2021 class of Purdue Extension Master Gardener Basic Training. Read on to find out more and please feel free to reach out with any ...
Lt. Col. Mike O'Donnell, commander of 1st Battalion, 34th Infantry Regiment, delivers remarks for his soldiers' basic combat training graduation ceremony at Hilton Field, Fort Jackson, South Carolina ...
When potential military recruits consider a life in service, questions about basic training are typically among the first asked. While there are resources aplenty, particularly for Army basic training ...
As Emma Lollar prepared for Air Force basic training in 2019, she spent hours scouring the internet for what to expect once she arrived at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland in Texas. Lollar said she ...
The Army has revamped the Forge, which has been the capstone event of basic training for over half a decade, based on lessons learned from the war in Ukraine, Gen. Gary M. Brito told Task & Purpose in ...
This story has been corrected. Shortages of fabric and labor mean the newest members of the Air Force and Space Force will leave boot camp next year with fewer uniform items. Starting in November, the ...
If you’ve observed Army recruits on their first day at basic training in recent years, you may have noticed something a little different: there isn’t quite as much screaming. It’s been almost two ...
A recruit chief petty officer transitions to parade rest during drill practice inside a compartment of the USS Enterprise recruit barracks at Recruit Training Command, Great Lakes, Ill. (MC1 Camilo ...