WASHINGTON - Last August, Daysia Holiday decided to try one more time to join the Army. She’d taken the academic test and failed three times. So, when she was offered a slot in a new Army prep course ...

FORT JACKSON, S.C. – Index cards taped to a large board on the wall at Fort Jackson, South Carolina, reveal the sometimes blunt and gritty reasons that new recruits took a chance at a last-ditch ...

FORT JACKSON, S.C.—While a man dissects a math problem on a whiteboard at the front of a classroom, some of his students call out responses while others hunch over worksheets at their desks. The scene ...

Army recruits who don’t meet the service’s physical fitness or academic standards will be placed in a training program for up to 90 days before they begin boot camp. The Future Soldier Preparatory ...

A 43-year-old sergeant major just graduated from the Army’s Sapper Leader Course, a rarity for one of the service’s toughest ...

FORT JACKSON, S.C. — Index cards taped to a large board on the wall at Fort Jackson, S.C., reveal the sometimes blunt and gritty reasons that new recruits took a chance at a last-ditch program to get ...