"Shark attacks" are meant to allow drill sergeants to establish dominance over trainees early on. The Army has moved away ...

Pete Hegseth may reinstate the aggressive "shark attack" practice used by drill sergeants to train U.S. Army recruits, which ...

Bitle, a former brigade senior enlisted leader, was the operations sergeant major for the 193rd Infantry Brigade, a former drill sergeant in Basic Combat Training, Advanced Individual Training and ...

Before they train Army recruits at basic training, drill sergeants must graduate from the nine-week United States Army Drill Sergeant Academy. Insider spent a week at Fort Jackson in Columbia ...

Drill Sergeant Identification Badge Prior to 1958, the badge was a regimental crest with a maroon background. In 1958, it was adopted as the training center’s crest and the background was ...

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth may bring back the practice of several Army drill sergeants swarming and screaming at recruits ...

Staff Sergeant Marcie Bonilla of the Florida Army National Guard completed nine challenging weeks at Drill Sergeant School, re-learning every basic training task and perfecting them to train future ...

Darrin Jackson, 19 and his half-sister, Michanti Jackson, 21, completed this journey together. Army officials believe this is the first time it has happened. The Infantry was opened to women ...

Drill sergeants -- the toughest, meanest people in the military -- have been ordered to try a more sensitive approach to the young male and female recruits who once answered to the name "maggot ...

Following a recent “bay toss” at Fort Benning, Georgia, that damaged both personal and government property, the practice was ...

‘Drill Sergeant, it’s my sister’: The first brother and sister to graduate basic training together by: Nick Bentley, Chuck Williams Posted: Aug 12, 2024 / 10:36 PM CDT ...