An curved arrow pointing right. The US Army Drill Sergeant Academy's drill sergeant of the year, Staff Sgt. Devante McLean, breaks down every uniform drill sergeants wear and its purpose.

The current drill sergeant hat evolved from the 1883 campaign hat. That headgear was a modified (flat brim versus upturned brim) Montana Peak, which was adopted for wear by the army in 1911 ...

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 ...