The Army Is Set to Expand Basic Training, Fueled by New Recruiting Momentum

[Military.com]( Daily Brief 15 August 2024 [The Army Is Set to Expand Basic Training, Fueled by New Recruiting Momentum]( Fort Sill in Oklahoma and Fort Leonard Wood in Missouri will get two additional basic training units each -- able to train an additional 4,000 new recruits each year combined, according to the service. [Read More]( More Military.com Stories [During Basic Training, Airmen and Guardians Now Required to Carry Practice M4 Rifles at Most Times]( [Former SEAL Leader Likely to Face Board of Inquiry in Coming Days over Death of Candidate Kyle Mullen]( [On 12th Anniversary of Marine Vet Austin Tice's Disappearance, Lawmakers Push to Bring Him Home]( [Marines and Sailors Ordered to Brush Up on Appropriate Political Activity Amid Heated Election]( [US Army Soldier Pleads Guilty to Selling Sensitive Military Information]( [The Taliban Are Celebrating 3 Years in Power, but They’re Not Talking About Afghans]( [Trucking Company Owner Pleads Guilty After Crash that Killed Marine Vet Bikers]( [US Military Academy at West Point]( [How Elvis Presley Revitalized Efforts to Build a Pearl Harbor Memorial]( [Georgia Senator Says There’s Progress in Efforts to Bring a New Fighter Squadron to Moody Air Force Base]( [Kishida Vows to Push Rules-Based Order as Japan's Defense Chief Visits Yasukuni 79 Years After WWII]( [Ukraine Claims More Advances, Prisoners Taken as It Presses an Incursion into Russia]( [Ukraine's Kursk Attack Surprised Russia and Perhaps Some of its Backers]( [PT Pyramid Workout: How to Lessen the Amount of Rest Required]( [Prosecutors Seek Detention for Pentagon Employee Charged with Mishandling Classified Documents]( [Years After Fall of Kabul, US Congress Has Still Not Acted to Secure Future of More Than 70,000 Afghan Evacuees in US]( [Flag Etiquette and the US Flag Code]( [You Can Thank the US Army for Americans Brushing Their Teeth Daily]( Today's Military Trivia Which one of these was a major battle in Grant's 1864 Overland Campaign during the U.S. Civil War? Video of the Day [Remnants of War Left in Border Area as Ukraine Claims More Advances in Russia Incursion]( [Watch More Military.com Videos]( Download our Military News App! [App Store]( [Google Play]( You are subscribed to the Early Brief. [Unsubscribe]( | [Change Subscriber Options]( | [Privacy Policy]( [Military.com]( [Military.com]( [Military.com](4W3cW/eHFXSzFxWEF1QS96S2ZLTUpGajVEbUxNdExKTWJEZ2piNzBvUmd4WWxFN2xCcG5yMm5IbzZJVklaelBES2RhL1Noc1h5eEpMMGR3Q1M2dXFqNEpZR0RSVGRpN0VZYUkyNjFLbHZuOFZEMnM9S0/) [Military.com]( [Military.com]( Reach millions of people in the military community. [Advertise with us]( Copyright © 2024 Military Advantage, Inc. All rights reserved. 133 Boston Post Road, Weston, MA 02493