Jim McCloughan credits Fort Knox basic training with saving his life. After graduating college, the former Army combat medic and Medal of Honor recipient attended basic training at Fort Knox in 1968 ...

Shot during the summer of 1970 at Fort Knox, Kentucky, Frederick Wiseman’s film Basic Training focuses on a group of men going through infantry training, showing how they are turned from civilians ...

Frederick Wiseman’s fine black-and-white documentary (1971, 89 min.) follows a group of army draftees through eight weeks of basic training at Fort Polk, Kentucky, in the summer of 1970. It’s notable ...