: the initial period of training of a military recruit
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Our son is in basic training.
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Before her death, Noga had enlisted in the U.S. Air Force and was planning to start basic training after graduation, her sister, Janice Whitt, said in a 2011 interview with NJ.com.—Jessica Schladebeck, New York Daily News, 18 Mar. 2025 Course instruction about the pilots, as well as video of the Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASPs) − a paramilitary aviation organization of female pilots employed to fly during World War II − was also pulled from basic training curriculum, the outlet reported.—Natalie Neysa Alund, USA TODAY, 26 Jan. 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 Its mission was to provide basic training for soldiers deploying in World War I.—Tom Vanden Brook, USA TODAY, 11 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for basic training
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