{"id":47826,"date":"2024-09-10T18:32:29","date_gmt":"2024-09-10T18:32:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/airforcetimes\/uncategorized\/2024\/09\/10\/the-army-has-graduated-25000-soldiers-through-pre-basic-prep-course\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T04:21:21","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T04:21:21","slug":"the-army-has-graduated-25000-soldiers-through-pre-basic-prep-course","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/airforcetimes\/news\/your-air-force\/2024\/09\/10\/the-army-has-graduated-25000-soldiers-through-pre-basic-prep-course\/","title":{"rendered":"The Army has graduated 25,000 soldiers through pre-basic prep course"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The Army has graduated nearly 25,000 recruits from its Future Soldier Prep Course who have gone on to become soldiers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The program started in 2022 with the aim to get low-performing recruits up to standards to attend basic training.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The course has run primarily in Fort Jackson, South Carolina, and gives new recruits who might not make the physical or academic cutoff to qualify for Army basic training up to 90 days to improve before either heading home or joining basic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThey go to school for up to 90 days,\u201d said Gen. Gary Brito, commanding general of Training and Doctrine Command. \u201cThey learn how to sleep, how to take a test, to meet the standards of the Army that have not been lowered.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Both Brito and his command\u2019s senior enlisted soldier, Command Sgt. Maj. Raymond Harris, emphasized that standards were not altered in the prep course as they spoke to combat unit leaders Tuesday at the Maneuver Warfighter Conference in Fort Moore, Georgia.<\/p>\n\n\n