FORT LEONARD WOOD, Mo. -- In January 2008, the Army began the process of removing drill sergeants from Advanced Individual Training and replacing them with platoon sergeants. One decade later, the ...

NEWPORT NEWS, Va. (AP) – Army Staff Sgt. Jeffrey Heilman kneeled down in a wooded section of Fort Eustis and calmly told six soldiers he had never met before to prepare: They might find an improvised ...

Nearly five years ago, the Army moved away from the practice of several drill sergeants surrounding trainees and yelling at them to establish dominance at the start of basic training — a practice ...

FORT SILL, Okla. (March 21, 2019) -- Three Fort Sill drill sergeants joined the elite ranks of the Sgt. Audie Murphy Club (SAMC) at a quarterly induction ceremony held March 12, in Sheridan Theater.

Recently, Secretary of War Pete Hegseth has argued that during the Biden years, Army basic training became too soft and lost some of its hardcore edge. He wants basic training to toughen up. Which ...

(CNN) — For the second time in a little over one week, an Army drill sergeant has been found dead at Fort Jackson in South Carolina. Staff Sgt. Zachary L. Melton, 30, who was with 1st Battalion, 34th ...

The Army has launched an investigation after a drill sergeant posted a video showing soldiers being hazed beneath a MAGA flag, which runs afoul of multiple military regulations prohibiting partisan ...

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 ...

Army – motivation comes in all shapes and sizes. And if you don’t start motivating on Day 1 of Basic Training, then things can get out of hand. Leave it up to drill sergeants to push the envelope on ...