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After being inducted into the Army, they were transported by bus to O’Hare International Airport for a flight to their basic training.
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Chicago Tribune, 25 May 2025
Most of them returned home on leave after basic training only to be deployed to Vietnam.
—Chicago Tribune, 26 May 2025
The move comes on the heels of the Air Force confirming Saturday that course instruction about the Tuskegee Airmen − the more than 15,000 Black pilots, mechanics and cooks in the segregated Army of World War II − had been pulled from basic training curriculum.
—Natalie Neysa Alund, USA TODAY, 27 Jan. 2025
In January, the three-time Olympian now known as Airman Alvarez graduated from basic training at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland as a member of the World Class Athlete Program, or WCAP, which was established to help elite competitors continue training while also serving their country.
—Johnny Dodd, People.com, 10 May 2025
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Chicago Tribune, 25 May 2025
Most of them returned home on leave after basic training only to be deployed to Vietnam.
—Chicago Tribune, 26 May 2025
The move comes on the heels of the Air Force confirming Saturday that course instruction about the Tuskegee Airmen − the more than 15,000 Black pilots, mechanics and cooks in the segregated Army of World War II − had been pulled from basic training curriculum.
—Natalie Neysa Alund, USA TODAY, 27 Jan. 2025
In January, the three-time Olympian now known as Airman Alvarez graduated from basic training at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland as a member of the World Class Athlete Program, or WCAP, which was established to help elite competitors continue training while also serving their country.
—Johnny Dodd, People.com, 10 May 2025
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High temperature: 103 degrees (1956) Low temperature: 46 degrees (1982) Precipitation: 1.56 inches (1901) Snowfall: Trace (1920) 1911: Naval Station Great Lakes — the U.S. Navy’s largest training base and home of its only boot camp — opened near North Chicago on 172 acres.—
Kori Rumore,
Chicago Tribune,
1 July 2025
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Fitness buffs can spend time in the well equipped gym or sign up for beachside yoga, a boot camp class or go for a hike.—
Sherrie Nachman,
Forbes.com,
1 July 2025
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Editor’s note: This is the seventh story in a 10-part series looking at the most intriguing New England Patriots players ahead of training camp.—
Chad Graff,
New York Times,
7 July 2025
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The agency targets jurisdictions where criminals exploit weak oversight or residency-for-sale programs and provides the training for free.—
Myles Miller Bloomberg News,
arkansasonline.com,
7 July 2025
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Festival visitors can meet members of the New Orleans Master Crafts Guild, an apprenticeship program in Louisiana encouraging a new generation of master craftspeople to grow their professions, from carpentry to brick masonry to plaster.—
Michelle Mehrtens,
Smithsonian Magazine,
2 July 2025
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Even labor shortages become manageable when builders create joint apprenticeship programs that expand the skilled worker pipeline.—
Ryan Stroker,
Forbes.com,
1 July 2025
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“Basic training.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/basic%20training. Accessed 14 Jul. 2025.
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