Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A student in the fitness track of the U.S. Army’s Future Soldier Preparatory Course works on deadlifts during a training session.

What was once a small rural community and farmland is now the largest training area on Fort Leonard Wood. Training Area 244, ...

Armies should train for the battlefields they fight on. But the U.S. Army’s training sites don’t replicate the terrain that the Army is most likely to fight on, such as the Baltic states, Korea and ...

LAWTON, Okla. (KSWO) - The ‘First 100 Yards′ is a monumental milestone for any soldier. It’s the first 100 yards of Basic Combat Training, and the very first test for trainees in the 434th Field ...

The US Army is pitting ideas born in Washington against battlefield realities, with the outcomes shaping how future wars will be fought. Recent exercises at the National Training Center in California ...

Soldiers will travel less for training and do more virtually, Army leaders said Tuesday. The Army is planning to have soldiers “train differently” with more remote learning and other more innovative ...

Over 100 Wisconsin Army National Guardsmen assigned to multiple major subordinate commands gathered at Camp Douglas Jan. 31, ...

The preparatory course at the heart of the recent surge in Army recruitment numbers will tighten its standards, although it was unclear if that meant it will produce fewer future soldiers. Potential ...