basic training
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They are expected to get a few days of basic training every month, said Saeid Golkar, a Tennessee-based academic and a leading authority on Iran’s security services.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 30, 2026
The military has basic training programs on how to save, budget and invest, but word-of-mouth is often a favored adviser.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 1, 2025
Dehumanization was central to basic training, Camil remembers, and he illustrates that by singing a few bars of a song they sang as they jogged.
From Salon • Apr. 30, 2025
Congrats to my son, Class of 2018's Spartan Baseball Alumni @itslilrivera for completing @usairforce basic training.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 6, 2025
There was only one thing in basic training that scared most of us.
From "Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two" by Joseph Bruchac
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