Sgt. 1st Class Kevin Harrington says it helps as a drill sergeant if you’re “naturally born loud,” but mentoring is at the heart of the job.
The Army tested whether reserve drill sergeants could help expand boot camp during a major conflict without lowering basic training standards.
FORT JACKSON, S.C. – The night sky flashes with bursts of light as machine gun tracers arc overhead. Explosions erupt across the sand-filled training field, rattling the earth as flares shot from ...
NCOs serving in the rank of E-5 could get a bump after completing the Drill Sergeant Course, and E-7s could receive a similar ...
U.S. Army Basic Combat Training is designed to transform civilians into soldiers through roughly 10 weeks of increasingly ...
This article begins an 11-part series embedding readers inside U.S. Army Basic Combat Training to track how Fort Leonard Wood ...
FORT MOORE, Ga. (WRBL) — Thousands of soldiers graduate from the basic training course each year. This morning on the parade field at the National Infantry Museum, graduation was just a little ...
The Army crowned its top drill sergeants for the first time since the service brought recruiting and initial training under ...
Under a new policy, sergeants who become drill sergeants will be eligible for automatic promotion to the rank of staff ...