The Future Soldier Preparatory Course, a cornerstone of the Army’s recent recruiting gains, is set to narrow its eligibility ...

Previously, the course allowed potential recruits to work on both losing weight and meeting the Army’s academic requirements.

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 ...

The US Army's got a new three-week crash course on flying drones. It's an aggressive attempt to catch up on drone warfare, the director said. The Army has made drones a top capability in the coming ...

Army efforts to field soldiers as adept as adversaries at using drones in combat are taking a detour from the field into the classroom in an effort to standardize operations training on the ...

FORT JACKSON, S.C. (AP) — 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 ...

“We’re behind globally, and this is our aggressive attempt to close that gap,” said the director of the Fort Rucker, Alabama, course. By Patty Nieberg Published Aug 21, 2025 10:00 AM EDT Soldiers will ...

Students in the Future Soldier Preparatory Course run around a track at Fort Jackson, South Carolina, in 2022. The DOD Office of Inspector General found the Army admitted recruits into the course who ...