If you are wondering what anthropologists actually do these days they are very hard at work dealing with extant cultures. Most recently, Brandeis anthropologist Janet McIntosh has been studying ...

Recently, Secretary of War Pete Hegseth has argued that during the Biden years, Army basic training became too soft and lost some of its hardcore edge. He wants basic training to toughen up. Which ...

An update to Army basic training rules forbids drill instructors from creating "social media content" with new recruits, and changes the rules on PT-based "smoke" - a term frowned upon in the rules.

Night after night, the buses pull up on the tarmac outside the Parris Island Marine Corps recruit training center in South Carolina. Usually, they are full of young men—still boys, by some ...

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is considering reversing a ban on the "shark attack," the time-honored aggressive practice used by drill sergeants to train U.S. Army recruits in basic training. The ...

COPPERAS COVE – Retired U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Aerial Vega spent three years as a drill instructor during her 20 years in the military, helping young recruits get in shape and learn to be soldiers.

The Advanced Ground Instructor (AGI) certificate offers an inexpensive way for aspiring instructors to legally begin providing ground instruction and gain teaching experience early, even without a ...

Michael Scott, front, spent 22 years in the Coast Guard before taking a job in the Lawrence High athletic department. Michael Scott is the newest member of Lawrence High School’s athletic department ...

SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Students from local high schools and Onondaga Community College had the opportunity to experience the New York Army National Guard up close during the "Guard X" event held on the OCC ...

Marine Corps drill instructors represent one of the most legendary roles in the military. From the 1987 war movie "Full Metal Jacket" to their essential job of making new Marines at boot camp in ...

A judge allowed a Marine veteran and Fort Bend ISD JROTC instructor accused of participating in murderous conspiracy with members of the Bandidos biker gang to be released on bond Thursday pending a ...

Clinton Helms spent more than 20 years teaching in the U.S. Army and the Army reserve. Teaching recruits how to stand at attention, do close order drill and obey on command when he barked an order, ...