U.S. Air Force Airman Nicholas D. Esch, the son of Donald and Lisa Esch of North Bend, has graduated from basic military training at Lackland Air Force Base, San Antonio. During the six weeks of ...

Editor's note: A version of this story was initially published in 2015. Millions of men and women across the country have started careers as fresh-faced recruits in basic military training (BMT) on ...

Air Force Airman Tanya R. Maxwell graduated from basic military training at Lackland Air Force Base, San Antonio. During training, the airman studied the Air Force mission, organization, military ...

Senior Master Sgt. Marc Schoellkopf has seen his share of parades in 12 years at Lackland AFB, where there's one just about every week for basic training graduates. But none of them is quite like the ...