Basic training runs 10 weeks and is broken down into three phases: Red, White and Blue. Here's an overview of what you can expect during each phase: (Weeks 1-3) Shakedown: When you get off the bus ...
The prep courses started in 2022 and were an immediate success, graduating about 95% of attending soldiers who were then allowed to move on to basic training. So far, nearly 17,300 troops have ...
It’s getting harder and harder to find people to enlist in the Army. With the service expected to miss its projected end strength for this fiscal year by about 10,000 people, the Army isn’t in a ...
FORT SILL, Okla. (Feb. 11, 2010) -- The Army is changing the way it trains its newest second lieutenants by merging two basic courses and having officers from the same branches train together from the ...
FORT SILL, Okla. May 29, 2014 -- Right now, Soldiers take the Combat Life Saver course for the first time in Basic Combat Training. The Army is moving away from that and by September they will only ...