Two Space Force Guardians have graduated from the Army's Drill Instructor Academy at Fort Jackson in South Carolina, marking a first for the nation's newest service branch. Space Force Tech. Sgt.

COPPERAS COVE – Retired U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Aerial Vega spent three years as a drill instructor during her 20 years in the military, helping young recruits get in shape and learn to be soldiers.

U.S. Army drill sergeants encourage a trainee on the first day of Basic Combat Training at Fort Jackson, South Carolina. (Spc. Darius Davis/U.S. Army). Female drill sergeants will soon trade their ...

The bush hat and its upturned brim that once set female Army drill sergeants apart is being retired as part of the Army’s move toward a unified look for those in the iconic role. The change to the ...

CAMP ASHLAND — When Sgt. Jennifer Feldt prepared for drill instructor training in South Carolina, she didn’t know it would make her a record-holder. A few weeks before she left Kearney for the ...

An update to Army basic training rules forbids drill instructors from creating "social media content" with new recruits, and changes the rules on PT-based "smoke" - a term frowned upon in the rules.

In late 1962, Secretary of the Army Elvis J. Stahr Jr. directed Under Secretary of the Army Stephen Ailes to conduct a survey of recruit training in the Army. This survey was conducted over a long ...

Female drill sergeants will soon trade their upturned brims for the iconic, olive campaign hat long worn by their male counterparts, an Army spokesman confirmed Monday. Beginning in early January next ...