"Shark attacks" are meant to allow drill sergeants to establish dominance over trainees early on. The Army has moved away ...

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth may bring back the practice of several Army drill sergeants swarming and screaming at recruits ...

Pete Hegseth may reinstate the aggressive "shark attack" practice used by drill sergeants to train U.S. Army recruits, which ...

U.S. Army basic training sites have started giving recruits SHARP training immediately upon arrival, resulting in a drop in SHARP reports.

Fort Jackson, which recruits nearly 50,000 combat trainees each year, is the Army’s largest training base. Since 2020, at least five people have died there while undergoing basic combat training.

Soldiers fire the M4 carbine during marksmanship training at the indoor range Caserma Del Din, Vicenza, Italy, July 9, 2020. (Davide Dalla Massara/Army) When you cave in to a local recruiter and ...

An increase in Army recruitment and enlistment has led to five more basic combat training companies at Fort Leonard Wood in ...