U.S. Air Force Basic Trainees get their heads shaved and conduct evening details, making their beds and cleaning their dormitory at Lackland Air Force Base in Texas. Filmed in December 2018. Film ...

The Air Force is revamping the training pipeline for its toughest jobs. Beginning in November, the Air Force will add a 16-week tactical field course to the training pipeline of Airmen seeking to join ...

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 ...

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth may bring back the practice of several Army drill sergeants swarming and screaming at recruits during basic training in what is known as a “shark attack.” The practice, ...

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New soldiers arriving for their first day of Basic Combat Training, are "welcomed" by drill sergeants from both the U.S. Army and U.S. Army Reserve. (Sgt. 1st Class Brian Hamilton/Army) Two memos ...

SAN ANTONIO, Tx — The Trump administration has announced that Joint Base Lackland in San Antonio will be used again to house migrants as part of a newly designated national defense area in South Texas ...

Jackson Smith, a Morven, Georgia, native and 2024 graduate of the American School of Madrid, recently completed U.S. Air Force Basic Military Training at Lackland AFB, Texas. Smith served as Dorm ...

"I remember suddenly beginning to see light through my eyes," Team USA artistic swimmer Anita Alvarez says of her near-death experience, "just as they were starting to put an oxygen mask on me" Johnny ...

More than 800 members of the 37th Training Wing’s 737th Training Group graduated Wednesday at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland and are now official members of the Air Force and Space Force. They will ...

The Army is set to dramatically expand how many new recruits it can send to basic training this spring, riding the momentum of recent gains toward reversing a recruiting slump it has struggled with in ...