They want YOU in the Army — even if you’ve spent too much time in the “mess hall.” A new program launched by the military branch coddles overweight, out-of-shape and intellectually challenged recruits ...

A class of 40 Soldiers across the 10th Mountain Division and Fort Polk attended the two-week-long, Army Space Cadre Basic Course Dec. 2-13, at Fort Drum, N.Y. The course provided Soldiers knowledge on ...

<strong>ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND, Md.</strong> - Officials from the U.S. Army Research, Development and Engineering Command welcomed 33 students to the Army Management ...

Drill sergeants at the Future Soldier Prep Course are not your average drill sergeants. The instructors at the course, a new initiative launched this summer to help get more potential soldiers ...

FORT JACKSON, South Carolina -- The Army's pre-basic training courses are here to stay and will likely be a fundamental tool for the service to fill the ranks amid falling academic performance and ...

It’s getting harder and harder to find people to enlist in the Army. With the service expected to miss its projected end strength for this fiscal year by about 10,000 people, the Army isn’t in a ...

Members of the Future Soldier Prep Course play a game of football with their instructor on August 22, 2022 at Fort Jackson, S.C. (Davis Winkie/Staff) FORT JACKSON, S.C. — On a humid August morning ...

You'll have several chances during basic training to call home, but making a phone call is not a right. It's a privilege that has to be earned. Because calling home is an earned privilege (for your ...

Press releases are posted on Independent.com as a free community service. GOLETA, CA, January 22, 2026 – There are limited spots remaining for the City of Goleta’s Community Emergency Response Team ...

The basic training course on safe decommissioning of nuclear facilities includes three modules, offering general information on major concepts and approaches, roles and responsibilities of key players ...