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Inside the Basic Training That Transforms Civilians into Soldiers
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Inside the Basic Training That Transforms Civilians into Soldiers

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NBC News’ Jacob Soboroff goes with some of America’s newest service members to boot camp, where they face nine weeks of intense physical and mental training.May 29, 2017

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