FORT BENNING, Ga. — It came as a surprise for Army Pfc. Jesse Knight to find his hard-nosed drill sergeants behind serving stations Wednesday afternoon at Fort Benning’s Kouma dining facility, piling ...
GREENVILLE — Civil rights leader and South Carolina native the Rev. Jesse Jackson Sr. has been hospitalized in Chicago in connection with a rare brain disease diagnosed earlier this year. The ...
For more than a decade, Phyllis McCroskey donned the Army uniform. These days, McCroskey is wearing a Habitat for Humanity T-shirt and continues her service helping others — one nail at a time. Just ...
What is usually an event of tears and hugs of pride and gratitude got a playful twist from one family from Bowie, Maryland. Two sisters, about to pin a U.S. Army patch on their brother’s sleeve as he ...
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 ...
An 18-year-old from California has been identified as the Army National Guardsman who died Friday on a rifle range at Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri. Pvt. Andrey Okunev, 18, assigned to Company B, 1st ...
An 18-year-old basic training soldier from California was killed during rifle training at Fort Leonard Wood on Friday morning, officials at the Missouri Army training installation said Monday. Pvt.
COLUMBIA, S.C. — Residents around Fort Jackson may get an early morning wake-up call on Sunday as the South Carolina National Guard conducts training. Fort Jackson announced on Saturday that the ...
FORT JACKSON, SC – Every Tuesday before dawn, hundreds of hopefuls line up with exposed midriffs to be weighed and measured at this South Carolina Army base, which takes in more recruits than any ...
An increase in Army recruitment and enlistment has led to five more basic combat training companies at Fort Leonard Wood in Missouri, and a 30% increase in soldiers training there. The Army has ...
The United States Army Training Center (USATC) and Fort Jackson welcomed Command Sgt. Maj. William M. Shoaf as its new command sergeant major during a 9 a.m. change of responsibility ceremony today at ...