The prep camp at Fort Jackson is for young men and women who want to join the Army, but cannot meet the body fat limits.

After a year as a pilot program, the U.S. Army’s boot camp for basic training is becoming permanent. The Army Future Soldier Preparatory Course, which offers tracks for recruits to improve on ...

The initiative is one of the most promising efforts the service has to address its recruiting issues. What's next?

Soon brand new Army recruits will learn how to identify and counter small drone threats in basic training. The Army wants soldiers at every level to understand the danger of small drone attacks ...

What do I need to do to prepare for boot camp? This article will be a one-stop shop for people to find links on boot-camp training and techniques.

Tech leaders from Palantir, Meta, and OpenAI have joined the Army Reserve, bypassing traditional training to chase transformation.

The Army said in a press release that the four executives are Shyam Sankar, CTO at Palantir; Andrew Bosworth, CTO at Meta; Kevin Weil, Chief Product Officer of OpenAI; and Bob McGrew, an advisor at ...

A new Army program that gives lower-performing 90 days of fitness or academic instruction before boot camp has already helped whip new soldiers into shape and shore up the military’s ranks.

Faced with a recruiting crisis, the U.S. armed forces take a gentler, more supportive approach to training new soldiers. Will it work?

News Military Branches Army The Army will grow its pre-boot camp program after initial success "We have more Americans that want to do it than we can accommodate." Nicholas Slayton ...

A former Army captain, Pfc. Nicolas Brooklier said he was especially drawn to the Crucible, the grueling capstone event of Marine boot camp.

So far, 7,600 have graduated from prep camp to boot camp. That alone won't solve the Army's recruiting problem, but for these young men and women, it's a chance to serve.