Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Army is expanding its pre-basic training course this month so that soldiers who fall below the service's physical fitness and ...

The US Army will open a prep course for recruits who fail to meet initial academic and body fat standards. The Army hopes the 90-day pre-boot camp training program will open the doors for new recruits ...

The U.S. Army’s top civilian official said that a program launched this year to help potential recruits meet academic and physical standards has been successful and now the service wants to expand it.

The Army and Navy had early recruiting successes with new pre-basic training programs aimed at helping subpar applicants qualify for enlistment, but so far other service branches are reluctant to ...

The U.S. Army is in a recruiting crisis. Its recruiting year ends at the end of September, and it’s thousands of enlistees short of its goals, despite signup bonuses of up to $50,000 and unheard-of ...

Boot camp, or military recruit training, is a rite of passage for all enlisted soldiers, guardsmen, sailors, Marines, airmen, and coasties. The main goals of boot camp are to prepare recruits for the ...

The military grew complacent with recruiting during the Global War on Terror, and that left it unprepared for the difficulties of finding new recruits after recent shocks from the pandemic and a newly ...