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Army program gives poor-performing recruits a second chance

Students in the new Army prep course stand at attention after physical training exercises at Fort Jackson in Columbia, S.C., Saturday, Aug. 27, 2022. The new program prepares recruits for the demands of basic training. (AP Photo/Sean Rayford) Students in the new Army prep course run around a track during physical training exercises at Fort Jackson in Columbia, S.C., Saturday, Aug. 27, 2022. The new program prepares recruits for the demands of basic training. (AP Photo/Sean Rayford) Brig. Gen. Patrick Michaelis, the base commander at the Fort Jackson, speaks to colleagues and members of the media during a visit by Chief of Staff of the Army Gen. James McConville at Fort Jackson in Columbia, S.C., Friday, Aug. 26, 2022. McConville visited Fort Jackson to see the Army's new prep course, an effort to better prepare recruits for the demands of basic training. (AP Photo/Sean Rayford) Second Lt. William Paschall poses for a photo at Fort Jackson in Columbia, S.C., Friday, Aug. 26, 2022. Paschall is a math instructor in the new Army prep course, an effort to better prepare recruits for the demands of basic training. (AP Photo/Sean Rayford) Chief of Staff of the Army Gen. James McConville left, gestures to a student in the new Army prep course at Fort Jackson in Columbia, S.C., Friday, Aug. 26, 2022. McConville visited Fort Jackson to see the new course, an effort to better prepare recruits for the demands of basic training. (AP Photo/Sean Rayford) Staff Sgt. Jonathan Tenorio poses for a photo at Fort Jackson in Columbia, S.C., Friday, Aug. 26, 2022. Tenorio is an instructor at Fort Jackson's new Army prep course, an effort to better prepare recruits for the demands of basic training. (AP Photo/Sean Rayford) A student enlisted in the new Army prep course looks at their work at Fort Jackson in Columbia, S.C., Friday, Aug. 26, 2022. The new course is an an effort to better prepare recruits for the demands of basic training. (AP Photo/Sean Rayford) Students enlisted in the new Army prep course work together in barracks at Fort Jackson in Columbia, S.C., Friday, Aug. 26, 2022. The new course is an an effort to better prepare recruits for the demands of basic training. (AP Photo/Sean Rayford) Students listen to an instructor during the new Army prep course at Fort Jackson in Columbia, S.C., Friday, Aug. 26, 2022. The new course is an an effort to better prepare recruits for the demands of basic training. (AP Photo/Sean Rayford) Chief of Staff of the Army Gen. James McConville listens during a meeting about the new Army prep course at Fort Jackson in Columbia, S.C., Friday, Aug. 26, 2022. McConville visited Fort Jackson to see the new course, an effort to better prepare recruits for the demands of basic training. (AP Photo/Sean Rayford) Students gather during physical training exercises in the new Army prep course at Fort Jackson in Columbia, S.C. Saturday, Aug. 27, 2022. The Army's new program prepares recruits for the demands of basic training. (AP Photo/Sean Rayford) Chief of Staff of the Army Gen. James McConville stands with students in the new Army prep course at Fort Jackson in Columbia, S.C., Friday, Aug. 26, 2022. McConville visited Fort Jackson to see the new course, an effort to better prepare recruits for the demands of basic training. (AP Photo/Sean Rayford) Chief of Staff of the Army Gen. James McConville talks with colleagues at Fort Jackson in Columbia, S.C., Friday, Aug. 26, 2022. McConville visited Fort Jackson to see the Army's new prep course, an effort to better prepare recruits for the demands of basic training. (AP Photo/Sean Rayford) Students enlisted in the new Army prep course work together in barracks at Fort Jackson in Columbia, S.C., Friday, Aug. 26, 2022. The new course is an an effort to better prepare recruits for the demands of basic training. (AP Photo/Sean Rayford)
Army program gives poor-performing recruits a second chance