The British Army said the £11m Soldiers' Centre has been built to promote wellbeing and community for new recruits as they complete the 13-week Army Basic Training course.

Buoyed by an increase in recruiting, the Army will expand its basic combat training in what its leaders hope reflects a turning point as it prepares to meet the challenges of future wars. The ...

The Army can graduate some 20,000 recruits out of those pre-basic training courses it otherwise would not have been able to recruit -- effectively making up the service's deficit.