basic training

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Recent Examples of basic training In response, Ukraine has extended its basic training to 1.5 months and implemented an adaptive period for recruits joining combat brigades. Josh Hammer, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 Apr. 2025 The program is 18 months long and entails an orientation and basic training phase, months of firefighter and more advanced training and then a 12-month crew assignment. Mary Walrath-Holdridge, USA TODAY, 14 Jan. 2025 New army recruits of the Bundeswehr, Germany’s armed forces, during basic training on Nov. 29, 2022 near Prenzlau, Germany. Chloe Taylor, CNBC, 26 Mar. 2025 The Army also launched pre-enlistment boot camps to help potential candidates get into shape before going into basic training. Eleanor Watson, CBS News, 13 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for basic training
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Noun
  • Participating in capture-the-flag (CTF) challenges or enrolling in cybersecurity boot camps can also provide essential real-world exposure.
    Dr. Fene Osakwe, Forbes.com, 6 May 2025
  • The four-story home offers five bedrooms, five full baths, a secluded setting and an air of mystery — during World War II, it was reportedly used as a boot camp for spies.
    Mike Klingaman, Baltimore Sun, 24 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • The landmark law flooded the higher education system with federal money (and, eventually, lots of student loan debt) with the goal of training generations of new engineers.
    Zachary Schermele, USA Today, 9 May 2025
  • Ottawa would then have to work out how to make sure supply chains, logistics and training for entirely different types of aircraft are there, too, Bronk said.
    Ellie Cook, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 May 2025
Noun
  • Patricia Standard has taken apprenticeship into her own hands and neighborhood.
    Hannah Vanbiber, New York Times, 1 May 2025
  • An impressive 93% of apprentices retain employment after completing an apprenticeship program.
    Portia Wu, Baltimore Sun, 29 Apr. 2025

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