The female drill sergeant hat was first introduced in 1972, and it was based on the design of the Australian bush hat.

COPPERAS COVE – Retired U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Aerial Vega spent three years as a drill instructor during her 20 years in the military, helping young recruits get in shape and learn to be soldiers.

New basic training rules forbid drill sergeants from making social media content with new trainees. Army drill sergeants are now banned from making social media posts with trainees during basic ...

When Jim Nabors found out that his Gomer Pyle character from The Andy Griffith Show was getting a spin-off in which the filling station attendant becomes a U.S. Marine, he researched how to act like a ...

FORT HARRISON — Two new drill instructor companies could be in place here within a year, expanding a growing and diversified military training program at the Helena-based fort. That was the message ...

Clinton Helms spent more than 20 years teaching in the U.S. Army and the Army reserve. Teaching recruits how to stand at attention, do close order drill and obey on command when he barked an order, ...

Moments after the court-martial jury's guilty verdict was announced in the rape trial of Army drill instructor Sgt. Delmar G. Simpson, local NAACP official Janice Grant called it "an attack on the ...

GRAFENWOEHR, Germany — U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Sonia McElfresh earned the title of Instructor of the Year 2023 at the 7th Army Noncommissioned Officer Academy (NCOA) Basic Leaders Course (BLC) graduation ...

FORT LEONARD WOOD, Mo. — About 50 Fort Leonard Wood service members volunteered their time — and part of their weekend — to support the Waynesville Junior ROTC Drill Competition, which took place Jan.