On Feb. 17, 1971, I received a scary letter from the President of the United States. The letter started with: “The President of the United States to Daniel Jerchau: Greetings, you are hereby inducted ...

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 Army is set to dramatically expand how many new recruits it can send to basic training this spring, riding the momentum of recent gains toward reversing a recruiting slump it has struggled with in ...

Construction of a new privatized barracks project is underway at Fort Irwin, California. Shown here is an artist's rendering of the future barracks. (Courtesy Urban Practice) Construction is underway ...