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basic training

American  

noun

  1. Military. a period following a person's induction into the armed forces devoted to training in basic military comportment, duties, and combat skills.


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They are expected to get a few days of basic training every month, said Saeid Golkar, a Tennessee-based academic and a leading authority on Iran’s security services.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 30, 2026

The military has basic training programs on how to save, budget and invest, but word-of-mouth is often a favored adviser.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 1, 2025

They said goodbye for the final time at a railway station, before Shane set off to begin basic training.

From BBC • Aug. 23, 2025

Dehumanization was central to basic training, Camil remembers, and he illustrates that by singing a few bars of a song they sang as they jogged.

From Salon • Apr. 30, 2025

Immediately after graduation, they were headed for Lackland Air Force Base for basic training, and then they would use the GI Bill for college.

From "October Sky" by Homer Hickam