Hegseth wants drill sergeants to bring back "shark attacks" during training. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Tuesday called for a sweeping overhaul of how the military handles allegations of hazing ...

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth spoke about empowering drill sergeants and eliminating training "powerpoints" during a gathering of top military leadership Tuesday in Quantico, Virginia. "We're ...

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Recently, Secretary of War Pete Hegseth has argued that during the Biden years, Army basic training became too soft and lost some of its hardcore edge. He wants basic training to toughen up. Which ...

An update to Army basic training rules forbids drill instructors from creating "social media content" with new recruits, and changes the rules on PT-based "smoke" - a term frowned upon in the rules.

HAVERSTRAW — The police department has suspended a sergeant with pay, involving claims he roughed up a teenager, an incident caught on surveillance video. The unnamed officer is accused of grabbing a ...

Staff Sergeant Marcie Bonilla of the Florida Army National Guard completed nine challenging weeks at Drill Sergeant School, re-learning every basic training task and perfecting them to train future ...

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Thursday explained why he plans to bring back the military tradition of having drill sergeants scream at recruits at the start of basic training. The defense ...

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is considering reversing a ban on the "shark attack," the time-honored aggressive practice used by drill sergeants to train U.S. Army recruits in basic training. The ...

Nearly five years ago, the Army moved away from the practice of several drill sergeants surrounding trainees and yelling at them to establish dominance at the start of basic training — a practice ...

For decades, drill sergeants have been represented by Hollywood stereotypes, characterized as the stern and intimidating enforcers of the U.S. Army. But in reality, the role of a drill sergeant has ...

The Army reportedly is investigating an apparent incident of politically driven hazing within its ranks, a troubling development that comes as Donald Trump and his followers have sought to portray the ...