Every night (usually right after mail call) is instructor time. During this time, the drill instructor gathers everybody into the day room to go over information you need to learn and usually give you ...

FORT SILL, Okla. (Sept. 8, 2016) -- Before a Soldier, DA civilian or contractor can become an Army instructor, they are required to complete the Army Basic Instructor Course (ABIC). The two-week ...

You probably won't be court-martialed in basic training. It's also unlikely that you'll be punished under the provisions of Article 15 while in basic training (unless you commit a serious crime, such ...

FORT DIX, N.J. (Dec. 11, 2015) -- Soldiers who attend the Army Basic Instructor Course, or ABIC, are usually experienced trainers, but many have difficulty translating their training skills to the ...

Trainees high crawl through the mud on an obstacle course during Army Basic Combat Training at Fort Jackson, S.C. The nine-week course designed to transform young American volunteers into Soldiers.

Nearly five years ago, the Army moved away from the practice of several drill sergeants surrounding trainees and yelling at them to establish dominance at the start of basic training — a practice ...

Basic trainees move in formation during the Forge, the final field training exercise of Army initial entry training, on Feb. 19, 2018, at Fort Jackson, South Carolina (U.S. Army photo). Earlier this ...

Feedback from the field has inspired the Air Force to revamp basic training to focus on readiness, lethality, fitness and warrior ethos. The changes, which took effect Sept. 4 but were announced ...

The Air Force is changing the way it conducts Basic Military Training, replacing a four-day-long field training exercise with a new scenario that lasts 36 hours. In an announcement Wednesday, the ...

From my experience and feedback from fellow military retirees and others with firsthand experience, the in-your-face, aggressive yelling in the first hours and days of boot camp did not deter recruits ...