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

For Navy personnel in the area, he said, “it’s limiting them in their ability to properly train, and it’s endangering their lives for the ones that are going through basic training in particular.”

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 22, 2025

I hadn’t written much during basic training, but now I wanted to, and I really wasn’t sure why.

From "Fallen Angels" by Walter Dean Myers