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Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is considering reversing a ban on the "shark attack," the time-honored aggressive practice used by drill sergeants to train U.S. Army recruits in basic training. The ...

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is considering a revival of the "shark attack," a once-common drill where recruits are swarmed and screamed at by drill sergeants to instill discipline and readiness.

An increase in Army recruitment and enlistment has led to five more basic combat training companies at Fort Leonard Wood in Missouri, and a 30% increase in soldiers training there. The Army has ...

At Camp Pendleton in the late ’70s and ’80s, Dodge tractors did some of the pulling, and the ride was, by all accounts, ...

One of the hardest and most uncomfortable parts of Army basic training is the so-called Nuclear, Biological, and Chemical or NBC training, which teaches recruits to effectively use protective ...

Recently, Secretary of War Pete Hegseth has argued that during the Biden years, Army basic training became too soft and lost some of its hardcore edge. He wants basic training to toughen up. Which ...