basic training
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Drafted into the Army, he and his brother were so fit that they breezed through basic training.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 15, 2026
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
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 were two soldier boys in green uniforms who didn’t look any older than Uncle Darnell—high school cap and gown one day, army boots and basic training four days later.
From "One Crazy Summer" by Rita Williams-Garcia
