#basic combat training

Army Redesigns Basic Combat Training – Lack of Discipline, Sloppy Appearance in New Recruits

The US Army’s Basic Combat Training (BCT) has had a rough time with the new crop of recruits, as entitlement, lack of discipline has caused commanders to take a hard look at what they need to do. By summer, the redesigned BCT will go into effect. Should be an eye-opener for snowflakes who don’t think getting to work on time is important. “What leaders have observed in general is they believe that…

Just How Easy Was Army Basic Training?

I was cleaning out some old paperwork the other day and I found this email I printed from a recruit in Basic Training.  He found my old website while he was on Christmas Exodus (if you go to Basic Training over Christmas, you get about two weeks to go home for the break).  After reviewing my website, he sent me the following email: Surprisingly, SADplayer.com is still available! The big thing…

The “Soy Boy” effect: US Army General says new recruits not strong enough to throw grenades

From Daily Mail: The United States Army will no longer require recruits to show they can throw hand grenades 25 meters because many of them can’t throw the explosive far enough, it revealed on Friday. The Army says that starting next summer it will remove the requirement from its Basic Combat Training because it takes too much time to teach enlistees to throw grenades at an adequate distance. The…

Fort Jackson Soldiers Using Laser Technology in Basic Training

The US Army’s 39th Infantry Regiment at Fort Jackson, S.C., are shooting each other with laser rifles, the Multiple Integrated Laser Engagement System (MILES), the latest technological development in providing soldiers with realistic combat training.

The gear uses lasers and blank cartridges to simulate actual battle, giving Soldiers…

Katrina Kaif learns combat training for Tiger Zinda Hai, read details inside

Kat will perform her own stunts and will indulge in hand-to-hand combat and other fight forms. The actress is also planning to attend a boot camp...

UPALA KBR | Wed, 12 Apr 2017

Katrina Kaif believes in prepping for her roles. Whether it is dancing or action, It is important for her to get the moves right.

Kat is no stranger to strenuous workout regimes and now she is gearing up to train in combat training for her role in Tiger Zinda Hai. Los Angeles-based action director Tom Struthers has been roped in to ensure that the action sequences are on par with international standards.

Though Kat has done a bit of action in Phantom and Ek Tha Tiger, this will be on a much tougher and intensive scale. For Dhoom 3, she did functional training under the guidance of Reza Katani and also trained in aerial workouts with professionals from London.

Says a source close to Katrina, “Basic Combat Training (BCT) is extremely tough and gruelling schedule and Katrina is training under Reza again for the same. It’s a course that transforms civilians into soldiers and requires physical and mental training where basic tactical and survival skills are taught, leading to extreme fitness. In Tiger Zinda Hai, Kat will perform her own stunts and will indulge in hand-to-hand combat and other fight forms. The actress is also planning to attend a boot camp for a few days. Currently, she is shooting for a song for Jagga Jasoos and will begin training for TZH by April 20 and then will shoot for some high-octane action along with Salman Khan at a constructed in Film City in Mumbai and foreign locales, after he returns from his Da Bangg tour.”

TZH director Ali Abbas Zafar confirms, “Katrina is going through a rigorous training program in hand-to-hand fighting along with Kali knife fighting with specialised trainers from the UK and LA.”