Top 5 Items for Basic Training Here is a list of the top five items you won’t want to be without when you leave for basic training.
Less Screaming, More Weightlifting: The Army Is Reinventing Basic Training for Gen Z Army drill sergeants who model themselves on R. Lee Ermey's ruthless Marine Corps drill instructor in "Full Metal Jacket''...
This Week’s Top Military Photos: F-35 Copy-Paste, a Revolutionary Charge, Gas! Gas! Gas! Military.com's top photos of the week, July 11 - July 15.
Here's How the Army Is Keeping Basic Trainees from Getting Injured as Often A lot of recruits suffer injuries in basic training, some of which can be attributed to the sudden ratcheting up of physical...
Why Winston Churchill Once Visited Fort Jackson To prove that the U.S. Army would be ready, General Marshall took Churchill to the only place that made sense: Fort Jackson.
Why Boot Camp Is No Place to Show Up Out of Shape for Military Service As our adult population grows in waist size and decreases in fitness level, so has American children's weight and fitness.
Why Weights Are Not Necessary to Prepare for Military Boot Camp Nothing prepares you for push-up and pull-up military fitness tests quite like doing push-ups and pull-ups to failure during...
10 Commandments as You Prepare for Military Fitness Training Military.com tactical fitness expert Stew Smith lists his 10 must-dos for those considering entering military service and...
What to Do If Your Fitness Is Lacking As Army Basic Training Approaches Military.com's tactical fitness expert, Stew Smith, offers advice to a potential Army recruit whose fitness is subpar as...
Tactical Fitness: What Type of Rucksack Should You Get for Training? A future service member asks Stew Smith, Military.com's tactical fitness expert, about the best rucksacks with which to train...
Army Division Bars Leaders from Bothering Their Soldiers After Work Hours Maj. Gen. David Doyle, commander of the Fort Carson, Colorado-based 4th Infantry Division, issued a memo last week barring...
Marine Corps Creates Billet to Keep Dual-Military Families Together During Stressful Moves The billet, which is called the dual-military coordinator, will act as a liaison between couples and their career monitors in...
Exposed to Agent Orange at US Bases, Veterans Face Cancer Without VA Compensation The Defense Department has publicly acknowledged that during the Vietnam War era it stored Agent Orange at the Naval...
Reports of Mediocre Disability Exams by VA Contractors Prompts Senator's Demand for Answers A prominent Democratic senator is demanding the Department of Veterans Affairs review the quality of its privatized...
A Group Aims to Rebuild Tun Tavern, Birthplace of the Marines, as a Tavern and Restaurant National Park Service rangers in the historic district field questions all day from visitors. One of the most-asked is:...