(The Hill) - Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth may bring back the practice of several Army drill sergeants swarming and screaming at recruits during basic training in what is known as a “shark attack."

The practice, used at the beginning of training to establish dominance, was largely ended five years ago. But Hegseth is now looking into having the Army bring it back, Pentagon press secretary Kingsley Wilson confirmed to reporters Thursday.

“I can confirm that he's going to be looking at basic training and making sure that the standards are where they should be,” Wilson said. “We want our warfighters to be strong and that starts in basic training, and we want to make sure we really, again, go back to basics. And ‘shark attacks’ are going to be something that he is looking at reinstating.”

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