The Future Soldier Preparatory Course pilot program - set to start in early August at Fort Jackson, SC - will provide education and training to help American youth overcome academic and physical ...

But some of the elements of the soldier’s ambitious kit did end up foreshadowing future innovations for American combat troops. Here’s a look at what the “soldier of tomorrow” from 1959 ...

Future Soldier Prep will take in nearly 20,000 recruits ... even as exiting troops would serve as walking negative advertisements for American military life. The recruiting crisis is a greater ...