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United States Army Basic Combat Training (BCT) is the recruit training program of the United States Army, for service in the U.S. Army, U.S. Army Reserve, or the Army National Guard. Some trainees attend basic combat training along with their advanced individual training (AIT) at one place, referred to as One Station Unit Training (OSUT).
The Army Instructor Identification Badges are awarded in three levels; basic, senior, and master. To earn the basic badge a soldier must meet the instructor requirements outlined in Army Regulation 614–200, must complete the requirements of TRADOC Regulation 600–21, must complete 80 hours of instruction as a primary instructor, and must ...
The United States Army Recruiting Command (USAREC, yoo-ZUH-rek), located at Fort Knox, Kentucky, is responsible for the recruitment and accession of new Soldiers for the United States Army and Army Reserve. Recruiting operations are conducted throughout the United States, U.S. territories, and at U.S. military facilities in Europe, Asia, and ...
Badges of the United States Army. Badges of the United States Army are military decorations issued by the United States Department of the Army to soldiers who achieve a variety of qualifications and accomplishments while serving on active and reserve duty in the United States Army. As described in Army Regulation 670-1 Uniforms and Insignia ...
The Irish Army(Irish: an tArm) is the land component of the Defence Forcesof Ireland.[5] The Irish Army has an active establishment of 7,520, and a reserve establishment of 3,869. Like other components of the Defence Forces, the Irish Army has struggled to maintain strength and as of April 2023[update]has only 6,322 active personnel, and 1,382 ...
The Royal Irish Regiment (27th (Inniskilling), 83rd, 87th and The Ulster Defence Regiment) (R IRISH) is a light infantry regiment of the British Army. The regiment was founded in 1992 through the amalgamation of the Royal Irish Rangers and the Ulster Defence Regiment. Their oldest predecessor, the 27th Regiment of Foot, was first raised in June ...
The regiment recruits in Northern Ireland and among residents of Irish extraction in mainland Britain. Although restrictions in Ireland 's Defence Act make it illegal to induce, procure or persuade enlistment of any citizen of Ireland into the military of another state, [ 41 ] people from the Republic do frequently enlist in the Regiment.
The British Army during Operation Banner spent 38 years in Northern Ireland, [120] during which the 2nd Battalion spent more time there than any other infantry battalion. [121] Between 1971 and 1996, 51 men of the Parachute Regiment were killed while serving in Northern Ireland. [122] The first was Sergeant Michael Willetts, 3rd Battalion.