They learned how to salute: palms flat and at a sharp ... The driver warned the recruits, just before reaching the Marine depot at dusk, that a drill instructor would soon rush aboard and ...

The Marine Corps has made the combat instructor job a special duty assignment once more, effectively allowing those instructors to sidestep the sometimes-dreaded recruiter or drill instructor jobs.

Charlotte Williams that special occasion was carried out by her grandfather, retired Marine Staff Sgt. James Williams. After delivering a salute that would make any drill instructor proud ...

Sgt. Lois Smith, USMC (Ret.), served in the Corps for 22 years. Both Marines were drill instructors. The Smiths have headed up the annual Marine Corps League Birthday Ball efforts for over 10 years.

As the Marine JROTC senior instructor at Johnson High ... they learn how to drill and how to salute, and they learn about discipline and respect. "Most won't go on to be a Marine.

Angela Arounerangsy, a Marine Corps drill instructor, with ... That’s also the position your hand should be in when you salute. It’s not a coincidence, says Phillips.

When the train got me and other Marines-to-be to Yamassee, S.C., it was the shock of my life when a lone drill instructor entered ... on this Armed Forces Day, I salute all the branches of service ...

Marine Corps drill instructors are a national symbol of discipline. But for some, their imposing persona belies a dark reality. BEAUFORT, S.C. — Tatiana Sowell held her youngest child as she ...

And he told the jury to send a message “we expect drill instructors to train Marines to do the right things but we won’t make one a scapegoat because of a tragic event.” “If the conditions ...