When it comes to preparing for basic or recruit training, there’s always been a great deal of emphasis placed on the physical aspect, and for good reason. For a lot of people, boot camp represents the most demanding environment they’ve ever experienced up until that point, and having a good level of physical fitness beforehand […]
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Grunt life before Delta Force: Destroying tanks and sleeping floors
Off DutyI remember the night because I remember the day that preceded it so well in my grunt life. It was a day of practicing anti-tank techniques during my army infantry basic training. On that day we gathered at what was termed the Anti-Tank Maneuvers. It looked innocuous enough; nothing out there really, save a few […]
Meet Staff Sergeant Gould: the 59-year-old boot camp graduate
FeaturedStaff Sergeant Monte L. Gould, a 59-year-old veteran, graduated from Army boot camp in the top 10 percent of his class. This is the second time that Staff Sgt. Gould has graduated from Army basic training. His first time was in 1978, when he first entered the military. He initially served in the Marine Corps, […]
What can you expect when you arrive at Army Basic Training?
ArmyOne of the most difficult questions to answer about any military branch’s boot camp is also one of the first questions interested people pose: what can you expect at basic training? We all think we know what going through training is like, but until we actually lace up the boots and slip into the uniform, […]
Air Force experiment issues tablet computers at basic training
LacklandJOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-LACKLAND, Texas (AFNS) — Air Education and Training Command’s emphasis on the use of technology to aggressively and cost-effectively modernize education and training took another step forward at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland with the issuance of personal tablets to two in-processing flights at basic military training. On Dec. 11, 2019, about 110 […]
