Army Basic Instructor Course (ABIC): This course is designed to teach personnel selected as instructors the basic skills and knowledge to plan and present instruction. It consists of five modules that ...

FORT SILL, Okla. -- The first advanced individual training (AIT) instructors at Fort Sill to receive the Basic Instructor Badge were pinned in a ceremony at Snow Hall, May 26. Twenty-one ...

The title of this article is actually a misnomer: There is no way to make your drill instructor/drill sergeant/MTI/RDC happy. If there were, they would never show it, and they sure as hell would never ...

It’s getting harder and harder to find people to enlist in the Army. With the service expected to miss its projected end strength for this fiscal year by about 10,000 people, the Army isn’t in a ...

Air Force recruits in their fifth week of training learn rifle fighting techniques during pugil stick training. The Air Force’s Basic Military Training recently expanded from 7.5 weeks to 8.5 weeks.

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 ...

Finally, at the airport, they'll call your flight, and it's time to board the plane. If you've made it to this point, give yourself a pat on the back. Unless your aircraft gets hijacked, or over-run ...

VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. — More than 40 feet up the tower at Fort Jackson, Army recruit Robert Smith missed setting his feet on the 4-by-4 plank from which he was to start rappelling down. “I said: ...

As Emma Lollar prepared for Air Force basic training in 2019, she spent hours scouring the internet for what to expect once she arrived at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland in Texas. Lollar said she ...