The Army can graduate some 20,000 recruits out of those pre-basic training courses it otherwise would not have been able to recruit -- effectively making up the service's deficit.

The course has run primarily in Fort Jackson, South Carolina, and gives new recruits who might not make the physical or academic cutoff to qualify for Army basic training up to 90 days to improve ...

Nearly 11,000 recruits were placed in the Army's delayed-entry program last year -- a program both of applicants who have not yet finished high school or cannot ship to basic training.

But as the prep course grows, those units are not available to do basic training. “We don’t want to mess with that because right now that formula’s working and it’s provided a lot of value ...

Brand-new recruits are now training how to counter enemy drones as they learn how to march and fire their rifles. New soldiers at Fort Sill, Oklahoma, are conducting counter-drone drills during ...

AIT remains the follow-on job-specific training soldiers must complete after they graduate from basic training. Beyond the Forge 2.5 implementation, another program recently surpassed a milestone.

The Army has also increased its investment into the Army Future Soldier Preparatory Course which helps recruits who do not meet initial recruit standards get up to par for basic training.

Army revamps basic training to simulate battlefield stalked by drone swarms The capstone event of Army basic training now includes lessons on how soldiers can conceal themselves from drones.

The Army will expand its basic combat training for newly enlisted soldiers in what its leaders hope reflects a turning point as it prepares to meet the challenges of future wars.

The Army is set to dramatically expand how many new recruits it can send to basic training this spring, riding the momentum of recent gains toward reversing a recruiting slump it has struggled ...

A new approach to training brand new recruits in large-scale combat aims to prepare soldiers for future conflicts as the Army readies the force for a potential slugfest against foes like the ...