How to Use basic training in a Sentence

basic training

noun
  • Our son is in basic training.
  • Each student was given some basic training in how to decide whether or not to pursue a vehicle first.
    Linda Gandee/special To Cleveland.com, cleveland.com, 22 Oct. 2017
  • He was sent to Camp Crowder in Neosho, Missouri, for basic training.
    Author: Mary Sanchez, Alaska Dispatch News, 23 July 2017
  • Honor is a value drilled into to all U.S. armed forces recruits during basic training.
    Brian Gosset, star-telegram, 27 Sep. 2017
  • Previously, that could occur just weeks into basic training.
    Alex Horton, Washington Post, 18 Oct. 2017
  • Along with basic training, Ukrainian recruits who complete the program are given gear such as uniforms, helmets, vests, first-aid kits, and cold- and wet-weather clothing.
    Alexandra Chinchilla, Foreign Affairs, 11 May 2023
  • Daniel Harrison, who, three years ahead of Villanueva, was his company commander during part of that summer’s basic training.
    Richard A. Oppel Jr., New York Times, 25 Sep. 2017
  • After being dragged through the mud in basic training (brutal boot camp montage: check), Doss must defend himself—and his faith—before an army tribunal to make the case for his role among his fellow soldiers.
    Esquire, 25 Feb. 2017
  • The cast and crew filmed the basic training scenes at Fort Knox.
    Kirby Adams, The Courier-Journal, 25 Aug. 2021
  • The guards must go through basic training with the Swiss Armed Forces.
    al, 9 Aug. 2019
  • These are folks that are about to go to basic training.
    Fox News, 7 July 2018
  • The first thing he was told in basic training was not to get captured.
    Suzanne Baker, chicagotribune.com, 27 Feb. 2021
  • Tirado made it through weeks of basic training for the Air Force.
    Cassandra Jaramillo, Dallas News, 16 June 2021
  • Have the rhythms of basic training stayed the same over the years, or is that just how they’re depicted on screen?
    Vulture, 21 Nov. 2022
  • The Air Force opened a second basic training site in Biloxi.
    Sig Christenson, ExpressNews.com, 3 June 2020
  • In the fifth week of eight weeks of basic training, on a day off for the Fourth of July, Tom played in a softball game.
    Karina Bland, azcentral, 16 June 2019
  • Those recruits will go to basic training over the next year.
    Lolita C. Baldor, The Christian Science Monitor, 3 Oct. 2023
  • The decision to add Keesler to the mix of basic training was historic.
    Sig Christenson, ExpressNews.com, 16 Nov. 2020
  • Up until 1955, there were Army ranges used for basic training at the site.
    Steve Sadin, chicagotribune.com, 19 May 2021
  • The basic training runs for a month, and takes place multiple times over the summer.
    Thomas Prior, Curbed, 29 Aug. 2022
  • The two reverends met in 2012 on the first day of the Army’s basic training, and after three weeks of knowing each other jumped the broom.
    Joi-Marie McKenzie, Essence, 29 Oct. 2019
  • In the spring of 2004, Snowden joined the Army reserves but, five months later, washed out of basic training.
    Jill Lepore, The New Yorker, 16 Sep. 2019
  • The death of his beloved mother, Gladys, midway through basic training camp was a huge blow.
    Jonathan Gold, Billboard, 23 Mar. 2018
  • The goal of basic training is not just upskilling but readiness.
    Diane Brady, Fortune, 6 Mar. 2024
  • That would have meant fall 2019, and re-starting basic training.
    Sam Blum, Dallas News, 18 Nov. 2020
  • And the Marines are part of the Navy, whose academy allows Sikh recruits to keep their beards in basic training.
    Rachel Weiner, Washington Post, 23 Dec. 2022
  • That person hasn’t yet gone to basic training, but will likely do so in the coming months.
    Washington Post, 1 Mar. 2018
  • High, now her husband, signed up for the U.S. Air Force and is about to graduate from basic training.
    Rachel Scott, ABC News, 5 Aug. 2022
  • Over 1,000 of them paid their own way to travel to basic training in Sweetwater, TX, and made it through.
    Melissa Jun Rowley, Forbes, 15 Apr. 2021
  • Dana Taylor: And teachers who carry must complete 40 hours of basic training in school policing.
    Dana Taylor, USA TODAY, 23 May 2024

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