FORT BENNING, Ga. – A Company, 1st Battalion, 19th Infantry Regiment, 198th Infantry Brigade, graduated 137 new U.S. Army infantry soldiers – including the first 18 women to complete Infantry One Unit Station Training (OSUT).
All the graduates have met the high physical demands of Infantry OSUT and met the same standard as previous Infantry OSUT classes. As the Army’s newest infantry soldiers, they will bear the insignia of the cross-rifles and wears the distinctive blue cord on their Army Service Uniform.
The 198th Infantry Brigade transforms civilians into disciplined Infantrymen who embody the warrior ethos in order to support an Army at war. The drill sergeants are responsible for the conduct and execution of training,...
FORT BENNING, Georgia -- Fort Benning will hold its grand opening for the service’s newest Army Wellness Center on Jan. 30, at 3 p.m., as part of the Army Surgeon General’s emphasis on the need for Army Medicine to embrace a proactive “health and wellness model.”
According the U.S. Army Public Health Center’s website, the Army Wellness Center provides standardized primary prevention programs and services that promote enhanced and...
While most teenagers spent their summer vacation hanging out with friends, going to the beach or working odd jobs, many teenagers from all over the country traveled to Fort Benning to do the toughest job of all " become a Soldier.
When an 18-year-old basic trainee must be told about the death of his grandfather, the man who raised him, it takes a kind word, a sympathetic ear and an experienced shoulder.
