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Hi All. I have a question about my son, who's graduating OSUT at Ft. Benning in December. The ITB website says that I can pick him up after graduation, but what about his travel to his first station? Does the Army pay for his travel from Benning to his first station? Can I fly him home from Benning? How the heck does all this work? I'd like to pick him up after graduation, fly him home (western US), then get him to his duty station. What does the Army expect, do, and pay for?

  Basic Training Brigade tests intensified schedules FORT BENNING, Ga. (Army News Service, Feb. 2, 2004) -- The Basic Combat Training Brigade at Fort Benning is piloting two programs of instruction that provide more time in the field and focus more on warrior skills. The “immersion” and “alternate” courses include the original POI from today’s basic training, but add military operations in urban terrain and training with more weapons, without increasing the overall eight-week length of instruction. The pilot class for the immersion POI started Jan. 29, and the class for the alternate POI picks up Feb. 12. The...

<p>A U.S. Army that for decades has fought in brigades and battalions is taking on new-age terms such as "units of action" and "modules."</p> <p>The new terminology is the brainchild of Gen. Peter J. Schoomaker, the once-retired former "snake-eating" commando who was reactivated last summer by Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld to remake the Army, from tail to tooth.</p>