Exploring how each U.S. military branch uniquely shapes recruits through distinct, challenging basic training experiences.

In the military I found an extreme and distilled version of these structures, and I and the women I served with were groomed to internalize it. The basic message in the Corps was that it was a man’s ...

Readstown’s Brendon Mabb had listened to his cousin tell him stories of how difficult U.S. Marine basic training had been. “I had it built up in my head,” Pvt. Mabb said, Monday, in Vernon County on ...