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Imagine you’re a second lieutenant (2LT) in an armored brigade combat team (ABCT) and you’ve just been placed in charge of ...
Sgt. 1st Class Carver Williams bought a home for his wife and their two sons when he received orders for the first of his two Vietnam tours.
The Army is studying a plan to put drill sergeants back in advanced individual training, a move that would mean the end of the service's AIT platoon sergeants. Army Times talked to a number of AIT ...
She retired from the Army Reserves as a platoon sergeant, and is using the GI Bill to pay for college. Female Veterans Can Be Hard to Spot, and Help This audio feature is not available.
JAGHATU, Afghanistan — The platoon sergeant poses a simple question to the men of 3rd Platoon: "What do you consider success on a mission?" There is an uneasy silence in the dark chow tent. In a ...
The movie was written and directed by Oliver Stone, who also served in the conflict and was the first Hollywood movie written ...
On Aug. 16, 2008, a reconnaissance platoon with the 101st Airborne Division’s 61st Cavalry Regiment was dispatched to aid a besieged Afghan National Police station in Paktia province ...
Drill sergeants participate in the so-called shark attack as trainees arrive on the first day of basic combat training at Fort Jackson, S.C. After years of relying on AIT platoon sergeants, the ...
So far, the Drill Sergeant Academy at Fort Jackson has converted 178 AIT platoon sergeants into drill sergeants.
Replacing AIT platoon sergeants with drill sergeants “I don’t think would change the job any,” Anders said. “It’s just going to give them a hat and a badge and extra money.
A Topeka man who worked as a web production artist and served as an Army and Marine platoon sergeant is wanted by Nebraska authorities in connection with the kidnapping of an Omaha woman, who ...
The platoon leader loaded up a kayak with groceries and paddled more than 200 yards in floodwater to the soldier’s home.