It's not just lessons in hand-to-hand combat. New soldiers are taught coping strategies, texting etiquette, and the signs of ...
The U.S. military’s recruiting troubles came just as it was attempting a fundamental shift in its mission. For decades, the ...
When Joshua Fredericks, 19, of Manhattan, Kansas, told his father about the new training, it elicited some jokes from the former drill sergeant. An Army trainee at Fort Jackson, Fredericks said ...
it elicited some jokes from the former drill sergeant. An Army trainee at Fort Jackson, Fredericks said his experience differs dramatically from his father’s and generations of servicemembers ...
FORT JACKSON, South Carolina – On a rainy Wednesday last ... basic training would be unrecognizable to a soldier of a different era. Drill sergeants now minimize their use of profanity, insults and ...
“This is probably the best job I ever had, besides turning civilians into Soldiers as a drill ... of command sergeant major for the U.S. Army Soldier Support Institute at Fort Jackson, South ...