Army To Resume 10-Week Basic Training

The Army will add one week to the basic training course its recruits must complete, beginning Oct. 1. The 10th week will enable drill sergeants additional time to ensure the soldiers they train are up to speed in both endurance and skills they need to know, the senior non-commissioned officer for the Army’s Training and Doctrine Command (TRADOC) said in an interview for June editions of AUSA News, the publication of the Association of the U.S. Army. The additional week gives soldiers "extra time to ask questions" of their drill sergeants and places emphasis on the "outcome-based training" that is the focal point of the Army’s new field manual, said Command Sgt. Maj. David Bruner.