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 wants to establish a 90-day pre-basic training preparatory course for those who don’t meet minimum physical or aptitude standards.

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 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 ...

FILE - Students gather during physical training exercises in the Army prep course at Fort Jackson in Columbia, South Carolina, on Aug. 27, 2022. The Army will expand its basic combat training for ...

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 ...

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 ...

The three-week pre-basic training course offers two tracks for applicants who previously had too much body fat to join — up to 6% more than the standard for their respective age and gender ...

New soldiers entering basic combat training will soon be required to pass three tests and tackle new mandatory tasks to graduate.