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.

Roughly 1 in 4 young adults are too overweight to qualify to serve in the military. But even a lot of the ones who make it through the recruiting process suffer injuries in basic training, some of ...

Wendy Gallardo Gallegos was marching with a backpack as part of Air Force Security Forces training when she twisted her right foot. It swelled up painfully, a nightmare scenario for an airman basic, ...