WASHINGTON (Army News Service, Sept. 14, 2015) -- Who's the best judge of how well a young person is performing in Basic Combat Training, or BCT? It turns out the Army thinks that other basic trainees ...

From Green Berets to the S-1 clerk and everyone in between, every soldier has something in common with each other: they’ve all started their military careers at the U.S. Army’s Basic Combat Training.

So you've gotten orders to report to Fort Jackson, South Carolina, for Army basic training. Welcome to the largest TRADOC (Training and Doctrine Command) post in the entire Army! Basic combat training ...

The Army is piloting a long list of changes to its basic training that will roll out in coming months, involving marksmanship, fitness, discipline and more. (Spc. Madelyn Hancock/Army) Big changes are ...