Army officials at Fort Benning, Georgia, are rewriting the requirements infantry soldiers must meet when they test for the Expert Infantryman Badge. Each year, infantry soldiers who have not earned ...

The new 14-week course will add five weeks to the current course required for becoming an 0311. (Lance Cpl. William Chockey/Marine Corps) In preparation for a future war where Marine infantry platoons ...

Marines participate in an exercise during the Infantry Officer Course at Quantico, Va., Aug. 10, 2017. The first female Marine to complete the course graduated Sept. 25, 2017. (Master Gunnery Sgt.

FORT BENNING, Ga. -- Significant changes are coming to the manual and task requirements for the Expert Infantryman Badge. Since 1944, the Expert Infantryman Badge has set a high standard for Infantry ...

FORT BENNING, Ga. -- The Army has permanently broadened one-station unit training for infantry Soldiers from 14 to 22 weeks, with more combat arms career fields expected to follow the charge. The ...

New soldiers arriving for their first day of Basic Combat Training, are "welcomed" by drill sergeants from both the U.S. Army and U.S. Army Reserve. (Sgt. 1st Class Brian Hamilton/Army) Two memos ...

Junior leaders have long complained that it has become increasingly difficult to prepare new infantry soldiers for deployment. Now the Army is making sure that soldiers are in better shape and more ...

The U.S. Army is refining a plan to extend by two months the service's 14-week infantry one station unit training, or OSUT, so young grunts arrive at their first unit more combat-ready than ever ...

Retired Marine general and former defense secretary Jim Mattis is well known for his extensive reading lists, encompassing everything from “The Guns of August” to Marcus Aurelius’ “Meditations.” But ...

FORT BENNING, Ga. – Trainees from Foxtrot Company, 2nd Battalion, 19th Infantry Regiment, negotiate a confidence course on Sand Hill earlier this year at Fort Benning. (Patrick Albright/Army) FORT ...

Female Marines have been training for the past month at Camp Lejeune, trying to make it through infantry training. They've got a month to go, including a 12-mile hike with a heavy pack. They're the ...