Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Army is set to expand how many new recruits it can send to basic training starting in October, as officials are confident the ...

The Army's pre-basic training courses for applicants who come up short on academic or body fat standards will expand this month as service leaders eye that effort as a potentially key tool to ...

The U.S. Army has announced it will expand its basic combat training in what leaders hope is a turning point in its recruiting efforts. Army officials believe the service will hit its target of 55,000 ...

FORT JACKSON, S.C. (AP) — 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 ...

WASHINGTON -- Buoyed by an increase in recruiting, the Army will expand its basic combat training in what its leaders hope reflects a turning point as it prepares to meet the challenges of future wars ...

More than 480,000 active-duty men and women serve in the U.S. Army, making it the largest of all the services. The Army is the branch of the U.S. military that conducts combat missions on the ground.

Basic pay is just one component of servicemember compensation. Analysts generally compare military and civilian pay using regular military compensation (RMC), defined in law as the total of “basic pay ...