The training showed integrating new systems such as drones is not easy. Commanders are betting the often-frustrating lessons ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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After a year as a pilot program, the U.S. Army’s boot camp for basic training is becoming permanent. The Army Future Soldier Preparatory Course, which offers tracks for recruits to improve on their ...

There are specific similarities and differences between the service branches, but you can group the six services in pairs and see how they compare and contrast. Pairs such as the Navy and Coast Guard, ...

Retired US Army drill sergeant Lamont Christian rates US military boot-camp scenes in movies and TV shows for realism. Christian breaks down the early stages of boot camp in "Full Metal Jacket" (1987) ...