Students in the Future Soldier Preparatory Course run around a track at Fort Jackson, South Carolina, in 2022. The DOD Office of Inspector General found the Army admitted recruits into the course who ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A student in the fitness track of the U.S. Army’s Future Soldier Preparatory Course works on deadlifts during a training session.

FORT JACKSON, S.C. — Index cards taped to a large board on the wall at Fort Jackson, S.C., reveal the sometimes blunt and gritty reasons that new recruits took a chance at a last-ditch program to get ...

WASHINGTON — The Army is widening access to its new preparatory course to allow a candidate to enroll in the fitness and academic tracks to help more potential recruits meet the service’s entry ...

Future Soldier Prep Course black hats are pictured in August 2022 at Fort Jackson, S.C. (Davis Winkie/Staff) The Army is doubling down on an ambitious accessions experiment that’s allowing hopeful ...

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Future Soldier Prep Course black hats are pictured here, in August 2022 at Fort Jackson, S.C. (Davis Winkie/Staff) The Army is set to expand its pre-basic training course for applicants who don’t ...

FORT JACKSON, South Carolina -- The Army's pre-basic training courses are here to stay and will likely be a fundamental tool for the service to fill the ranks amid falling academic performance and ...

They want YOU in the Army — even if you’ve spent too much time in the “mess hall.” A new program launched by the military branch coddles overweight, out-of-shape and intellectually challenged recruits ...

In response to the most challenging recruiting environment since the start of the all-volunteer force in 1973, the Army is implementing an innovative new program to prepare recruits who are en-route ...