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The Army is again dramatically expanding its pre-basic training courses that were created to get young Americans into compliance with the service's enlistment standards, as those courses are ...
The Army is expanding its pre-basic training course this month so that soldiers who fall below the service's physical fitness and academic standards can try to clear both hurdles at once -- rather ...
The Army wants to establish a 90-day pre-basic training preparatory course for those who don’t meet minimum physical or aptitude standards.
The Army’s new pre-basic-training boot camp might actually build better soldiers “We want to help them write a successful Army story, not break them off right at the start.” Haley Britzky ...
Three years ago, the Army faced a recruitment crisis. Behind its recovery is a program for would-be soldiers who don't make ...
WASHINGTON – A remedial course designed to prepare potential Army recruits for basic training will become a permanent part of the service’s strategy in overcoming its sagging enlistment ...
The Army has graduated nearly 25,000 recruits from its Future Soldier Prep Course who have gone on to become soldiers. The program started in 2022 with the aim to get low-performing recruits up to ...
WASHINGTON — The Army is widening access to its new preparatory course to allow a candidate to enroll in the fitness and academic tracks to help more potential recruits meet the service’s ...
The Army’s top initiative to address its recruiting shortfall is throwing the basic training playbook out the window, but early data shows it may work.
FORT SILL, Okla. -- The first class of basic combat trainees to graduate wearing the new Army Green Service Uniform (AGSU) showed off their threads Nov. 16, during a ceremony at Fort Sill.
New soldiers entering basic combat training will soon be required to pass three tests and tackle new mandatory tasks to graduate.