Frederick Wiseman’s fine black-and-white documentary (1971, 89 min.) follows a group of army draftees through eight weeks of basic training at Fort Polk, Kentucky, in the summer of 1970. It’s notable ...

U.S. Air Force Basic Trainees get their heads shaved and conduct evening details, making their beds and cleaning their ...

First, it was "under review." Now, the review is over, and Air Force officials have decided to permanently remove a short video about the famed Tuskegee Airmen from the basic training curriculum at ...

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 ...