Previously, the course allowed potential recruits to work on both losing weight and meeting the Army’s academic requirements.

The Army is set to expand how many new recruits it can send to basic training starting in October, as officials are confident the service is digging out of a recruiting slump it has struggled with for ...

The Army has graduated nearly 25,000 recruits from its Future Soldier Prep Course who have gone on to become soldiers. The program started in 2022 with the aim to get low-performing recruits up to ...

Soldiers from Bravo Company, 2-58th Infantry Battalion, 198th Infantry Brigade march at Fort Moore, Georgia, during a Turning Green Ceremony. (Capt. Stephanie Snyder/Army) Buoyed by an increase in ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Buoyed by an increase in recruiting, the Army will expand its basic combat training in what its leaders hope reflects a turning point as it prepares to meet the challenges of future ...

The Army is set to dramatically expand how many new recruits it can send to basic training this spring, riding the momentum of recent gains toward reversing a recruiting slump it has struggled with in ...

WASHINGTON – Buoyed by an increase in recruiting, the Army will expand its basic combat training in what its leaders hope reflects a turning point as it prepares to meet the challenges of future wars.

Maj. Gen. Phil Brooks, Fires Center of Excellence commander, center, observes students disable drones at the Joint Counter-small Unmanned Aircraft Systems University. (Christopher Wilson/U.S. Army) ...

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 ...

A new approach to training brand new recruits in large-scale combat aims to prepare soldiers for future conflicts as the Army readies the force for a potential slugfest against foes like the Russian ...