FORT DIX, N.J. (Dec. 11, 2015) -- Soldiers who attend the Army Basic Instructor Course, or ABIC, are usually experienced trainers, but many have difficulty translating their training skills to the ...

Basic trainees move in formation during the Forge, the final field training exercise of Army initial entry training, on Feb. 19, 2018, at Fort Jackson, South Carolina (U.S. Army photo). Earlier this ...

The new Common Faculty Development Instructor Course (CFD-IC) is the initial training course for instructors. The course was developed from the outcomes of the Army Basic Instructor Course (ABIC), the ...

VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. — More than 40 feet up the tower at Fort Jackson, Army recruit Robert Smith missed setting his feet on the 4-by-4 plank from which he was to start rappelling down. “I said: ...

AND TONY PECK The Gazette Jun 28, 2018 Jun 28, 2018 Hundreds of fresh-faced young men and women arrived at the Air Force Academy early Thursday to start their six-week transformation from civilian to ...

Army drill sergeants who model themselves on R. Lee Ermey's ruthless Marine Corps drill instructor in "Full Metal Jacket'' are on their way out the door. Those noncommissioned officers have for ...