The Army chooses only its best to be drill sergeants, and the vast majority ... of 16 hours a day with no full days off during a basic training cycle, as well as some nights when they are in ...

The U.S. Army has replaced the chaotic reception recruits entering basic training have long received from shouting drill sergeants with a training event designed to create a bond with their ...

Life as a drill sergeant is taxing. Noncommissioned officers assigned to any of the four basic combat training installations across the Army are usually up at 4 a.m. and aren't home until the late ...

Kelly, said. Melton’s death comes a little over one week after another drill sergeant was found dead at the fort, which is the Army’s primary basic combat training facility. On December 8 ...

So, they got quite the shock earlier this year during an Army Basic Training prep course at Fort ... It took about a week for a drill sergeant to figure it out. It happened when they were marching ...

Melton’s unit graduated its last basic training cycle on Thursday. The Huntsville, Alabama, native had been in the Army for more than 10 years — with the past three as a drill sergeant.

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 ...

A 40-year-old Army staff sergeant training to be a drill sergeant was found dead after failing to return from a land navigation course at a South Carolina military base. Search crews found Staff Sgt.