This is the final story in a three-part series that follows recruits through the first-ever boot camp just for Space Force Guardians. Over three months, Military.com interviewed more than a dozen ...

More from Boot Camp Recruit division commanders ... RDC students learn how to motivate recruits, inspect their barracks, and lead them in physical training. Although the Navy fell short of ...

Narrator: It's part of their final test at boot camp, known as the Crucible, a 54-hour event that all recruits must complete. More from Boot Camp ...

Black and all-women flyers were cut from Air Force basic training after a Trump order ending diversity training.