Starting this month, basic training is no longer what it used to be.

No more screaming drill sergeants. Fewer boring PowerPoint presentations and no more mock fighting with bayonets.

The first recruits are going through a drastically revamped training program — designed in response to the changes in the “millennial” generation.

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<shakes head>

Fewer boring PowerPoint presentations and no more mock fighting with bayonets.

How will they learn how to deal with corporate meetings?

When I saw that bit about Powerpoint I thought, “Well, then, basic went to hell long before this.”