basic training

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Drafted into the Army, he and his brother were so fit that they breezed through basic training.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 15, 2026

The military has basic training programs on how to save, budget and invest, but word-of-mouth is often a favored adviser.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 1, 2025

Dehumanization was central to basic training, Camil remembers, and he illustrates that by singing a few bars of a song they sang as they jogged.

From Salon • Apr. 30, 2025

Congrats to my son, Class of 2018's Spartan Baseball Alumni @itslilrivera for completing @usairforce basic training.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 6, 2025

But before I could go to flight school, I had to do basic training down at Camp Leonard Wood.

From "A Long Way from Chicago" by Richard Peck