The Army is considering a significant expansion of privatized barracks, a concept it has revisited periodically since the 1990s and one that gained renewed momentum under the previous administration.

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 ...

The U.S. Army has revealed new 3D-printed barracks at Fort Bliss, Texas, after a year-long pilot program. The barracks, which house 72 soldiers each, are the largest 3D-printed structures in the ...

Construction of a new privatized barracks project is underway at Fort Irwin, California, scheduled for completion in 2028. (Urban Practice) A U.S. senator who has been an outspoken critic of the ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Last August, Daysia Holiday decided to try one more time to join the Army. She’d taken the academic test and failed three times. So, when she was offered a slot in a new Army prep ...

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 ...

You are a new Army recruit, seconds away from stepping off the bus at Fort Jackson to begin Basic Training. As you stare into the night sky your mind starts racing. When do I get my haircut; how short ...

Army barracks are not well-regarded within the Department of Defense. Even the Advanced Individual Training barracks at Fort Jackson, South Carolina, are not up to Air Force standards; the ...