Getting their hair cut is a rite of passage for new recruits in the military. (Scott A. Thornbloom/U.S. Navy) Haircuts are a rite of passage during military basic training. Almost immediately after ...
Drill sergeants with 2nd Battalion, 48th Infantry Regiment, welcome a new soldier to Fort Leonard Wood on training day zero as part of the End Strength Increase in 2017. (Stephen Standifird/Fort ...
WASHINGTON -- The drill sergeants yelled at him relentlessly, as Josh Oller pushed himself through the trying weeks of basic combat training at Fort Jackson, South Carolina. Oller had already endured ...
Jim McCloughan credits Fort Knox basic training with saving his life. After graduating college, the former Army combat medic and Medal of Honor recipient attended basic training at Fort Knox in 1968 ...