The U.S. Air Force has finally slain the BEAST. After 16 years, Basic Expeditionary Airman Skills Training will be retired, as the service changes the way it prepares recruits for combat. The once ...

From Green Berets to the S-1 clerk and everyone in between, every soldier has something in common with each other: they’ve all started their military careers at the U.S. Army’s Basic Combat Training.

An Oct. 20 event celebrated the 15th anniversary of the New Jersey Workplace Literacy and Basic Skills Training Program. The initiative – a partnership of the New Jersey Business & Industry ...

Army, Navy, and Marine Corps recruits used to call the Air Force the "chair force." That's because airmen did just 6½ weeks of basic training, compared to eight in the Navy, nine in the Army and 13 in ...

JOINT BASE LEWIS-McCHORD, Wash. – About 40 potential military recruits were introduced to weapons handling, familiarization, zeroing and qualification Feb. 20 at Joint Base Lewis-McChord. The possible ...

Air Force recruits in their fifth week of training learn rifle fighting techniques during pugil stick training. The Air Force’s Basic Military Training recently expanded from 7.5 weeks to 8.5 weeks.

The Army is piloting a long list of changes to its basic training that will roll out in coming months, involving marksmanship, fitness, discipline and more. (Spc. Madelyn Hancock/Army) Big changes are ...

The U.S. Air Force is doing away with its "BEAST Week" training exercise in favor of a shorter version of the simulated deployment that will last only a day and a half. "If we get it right, it will be ...

Leila Patel receives funding from the Department of Science and Technology (DST) and the National Research Foundation (NRF) for the South African Research Chair in Welfare and Social Development. She ...