The soldier who died during Army basic combat training at Fort Jackson last month was a 22-year-old from Anchorage, Alaska, officials at the South Carolina installation said. Pvt. Gabriel J. Perez was ...

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth may bring back the practice of several Army drill sergeants swarming and screaming at recruits during basic training in what is known as a “shark attack.” The practice, ...

Nearly five years ago, the Army moved away from the practice of several drill sergeants surrounding trainees and yelling at them to establish dominance at the start of basic training — a practice ...

An Army trainee assigned to Charlie Company, 2nd Battalion, 13th Infantry Regiment died while undergoing basic combat training this past week at Fort Jackson, the Army announced Sunday. The soldier ...

Roughly 1 in 4 young adults are too overweight to qualify to serve in the military. But even a lot of the ones who make it through the recruiting process suffer injuries in basic training, some of ...

The Army will slash nearly one dozen mandatory training programs for its soldiers in the summer as it looks to streamline their time to focus on combat readiness tasks, service officials said. The ...

Life as a drill sergeant is taxing. Noncommissioned officers assigned to any of the four basic combat training installations across the Army are usually up at 4 a.m. and aren't home until the late ...