The Army is investigating how a soldier died in a “non-training-related incident" during downtime at basic infantry training.

It's not just lessons in hand-to-hand combat. New soldiers are taught coping strategies, texting etiquette, and the signs of ...

The Drill Sergeant of the Year competition physically and mentally challenges competitors from each of the U.S. Army Centers of Excellence, the U.S. Army Drill Sergeant Academy and each of the U.S ...

The Fort Leonard Wood Drill Sergeant School began training NCOs for drill sergeant duties in September of 1964. In late 1971, headquarters Continental Army Command received permission from Chief ...

Retired US Army drill sergeant Lamont Christian rates US military ... with 11 years in the basic-training environment. He retired in 2018 as the command sergeant major of Fort Jackson, the Army's ...

This structure gives young soldiers firsthand field experience while keeping drill sergeants sharp on basic soldiering and ...

At the Army base in Columbia, South Carolina, where about half of new U.S. soldiers train for combat, basic training would be unrecognizable to a soldier of a different era. Drill sergeants now ...

Retired US Army drill sergeant Lamont Christian rates more ... He breaks down the realism of training outside basic combat training, such as the Navy SEALs' training in "American Sniper," starring ...