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Our son is in basic training.
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Harris' record shows no military education, which is the next step after basic training in which enlistees learn a specialty like being a mechanic.
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Sam Kmack, The Arizona Republic, 17 July 2024
After 13 weeks of basic training, the Reserves just required him to report to duty for one weekend each month over the next two years.
—Brendan Borrell, Outside Online, 17 Oct. 2017
The conversation, moderated by Fortune’s Kristin Stoller, acknowledged the dire state of untapped talent in the U.S., particularly in jobs that anyone—college grad or not—can do after some basic training.
—Jane Thier, Fortune, 16 Oct. 2024
Of these, 95% go on to finish basic training and become soldiers, according to the Pentagon.
—Alfredo Sosa, The Christian Science Monitor, 10 Sep. 2024
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Sam Kmack, The Arizona Republic, 17 July 2024
After 13 weeks of basic training, the Reserves just required him to report to duty for one weekend each month over the next two years.
—Brendan Borrell, Outside Online, 17 Oct. 2017
The conversation, moderated by Fortune’s Kristin Stoller, acknowledged the dire state of untapped talent in the U.S., particularly in jobs that anyone—college grad or not—can do after some basic training.
—Jane Thier, Fortune, 16 Oct. 2024
Of these, 95% go on to finish basic training and become soldiers, according to the Pentagon.
—Alfredo Sosa, The Christian Science Monitor, 10 Sep. 2024
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“Basic training.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/basic%20training. Accessed 1 Dec. 2024.
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