Wendy Gallardo Gallegos was marching with a backpack as part of Air Force Security Forces training when she twisted her right foot. It swelled up painfully, a nightmare scenario for an airman basic, ...

Soldiers marching in uniform, drill sergeants yelling, muddy obstacle courses – these are often the images the words “basic ...

An update to Army basic training rules forbids drill instructors from creating "social media content" with new recruits, and changes the rules on PT-based "smoke" - a term frowned upon in the rules.

Army Pfc. Ryan P. Carey , a 2009 graduate of Walkersville High School, has completed basic combat training at Fort Jackson, in Columbia, S.C. During his nine weeks of training, Carey studied the ...

U.S. Air Force Basic Military Training is any airman’s first step into the massive world of the Air Force. From security forces to combat controllers, logisticians to mechanics, all airmen start their ...

A College Park native has graduated from the U.S. Army’s basic combat training at Fort Jackson in Columbia, S.C. Army Pfc. Monique N. Millard completed nine weeks of training, studying the Army’s ...

EDITOR'S NOTE: The following are area servicemen and women who have enlisted, received commendations or been assigned within the branches of the U.S. Armed Forces. During the nine weeks of training, ...