WASHINGTON (AP) — Last August, Daysia Holiday decided to try one more time to join the Army. She’d taken the academic test and failed three times. So, when she was offered a slot in a new Army prep ...

So you've gotten orders to report to Fort Jackson, South Carolina, for Army basic training. Welcome to the largest TRADOC (Training and Doctrine Command) post in the entire Army! Basic combat training ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Army is set to expand how many new recruits it can send to basic training starting in October, as officials are confident the ...

Fifty-five years have come and gone. In the spring of 1964, I was a 19-year-old basic trainee at the U.S. Army Training Center at Fort Ord. I’d embarked upon a personal mission and was convinced that ...

The U.S. Army is considering issuing the new Army Greens uniform to new soldiers when they go to their first unit, instead of following the tradition of issuing the dress uniform at the beginning of ...

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 ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. WASHINGTON (AP) — Last August, Daysia ...