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Our son is in basic training.
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Soldiers undergo three months of basic training before being assigned to a unit, said Lee, who came to South Korea in 2016 after swimming for six hours from the North.
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Jennifer Jett, NBC News, 27 Jan. 2025
At the Army base in Columbia, South Carolina, where about half of new U.S. soldiers train for combat, basic training would be unrecognizable to a soldier of a different era.
—Cybele Mayes-Osterman, USA TODAY, 25 Jan. 2025
The Jedi Master taught him some basic training before she was hunted down during Order 66.
—Dalton Ross, EW.com, 15 Jan. 2025
Amid troop shortages, Ukraine's parliament, the Verkhovna Rada, recently took its first steps toward mobilizing women in the war by discussing legal changes that would allow women to be conscripted for service and complete basic training.
—Michael Gfoeller and David H. Rundell, Newsweek, 15 Jan. 2025
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Jennifer Jett, NBC News, 27 Jan. 2025
At the Army base in Columbia, South Carolina, where about half of new U.S. soldiers train for combat, basic training would be unrecognizable to a soldier of a different era.
—Cybele Mayes-Osterman, USA TODAY, 25 Jan. 2025
The Jedi Master taught him some basic training before she was hunted down during Order 66.
—Dalton Ross, EW.com, 15 Jan. 2025
Amid troop shortages, Ukraine's parliament, the Verkhovna Rada, recently took its first steps toward mobilizing women in the war by discussing legal changes that would allow women to be conscripted for service and complete basic training.
—Michael Gfoeller and David H. Rundell, Newsweek, 15 Jan. 2025
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“Basic training.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/basic%20training. Accessed 16 Feb. 2025.
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