basic training

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They are expected to get a few days of basic training every month, said Saeid Golkar, a Tennessee-based academic and a leading authority on Iran’s security services.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 30, 2026

He joined the California National Guard and met a bunkmate in basic training who worked in the mailroom at Revue Studios, which was owned by MCA.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 7, 2026

While he was going through his basic training, Shane did not get access to newspapers or watch TV.

From BBC • Aug. 23, 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

The day Dutchy leaves for Fort Snelling in Hennepin County for basic training, I take the claddagh off the chain around my neck and wrap it in a piece of felt.

From "Orphan Train" by Christina Baker Kline