Posted on Sep 5, 2015
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Headed to dull sergeant school in January. Any helpful tips or advice from anyone that has gone?
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Download the prt module guide. The right one will also have all the movement and position modules. If you memorize the first three you will be ahead of the game. This will give you time to memorize the rest. You only pitch one module a week but there are multiple modules you have to know for that week. You don't get to choose and the DSL will let you pick a card or role some dice to figure out which one you will get, 5 minutes later your pitching it. Show up squared away. Everything sewn on to the new scorpion uniform, new pt uniform, a close fade; not an "its still in regs" sort of haircut. Go to the position of attention before going to parade rest. Always give the greeting of the day followed by "this we'll defend". Know your basic warrior tasks and battle drills. After you have done that all you have to do is embrace the stupidity of being treated like a private and hold your tongue at all the double standards that you will see. Make it out of Drill Sergeant school and you will see how much different being a Drill Sergeant is. Well at least at Benning where war fighters are made. Good luck! Message me for anything.
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Have fun downtown but stay safe
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SFC Dan Sorrow, M.S.
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In addition to my previous advise, practice eliminating "Sarge" from your vocabulary. You'll get destroyed for that. Based on SSG Johnson's response, nothing much has changed since 1988. Still the same when it comes to the modules. We had to give the position of attention and all the rest positions at the halt, but after that it was know them all and present whichever they selected from the cards.

Don't trust the person doing alterations to ensure your chevrons and other items are sewn on your uniform properly. It's your responsibility.

Is it still a live-in course?
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True the DSLs will tell you to go to alterations and have your ASU pocket completely removed and resewn if it has the "curve" at the top. This is how it was issued to me!!!!! THEY DONT CARE!
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Don't say "Roger"
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CSM Michael J. Uhlig
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I suggest showing up knowing the Drill Sergeant Creed as well as going over the modules beginning with the position of attention. Everything goes from there...prepare yourself by going to the schoolhouse website as well.
http://www.army.mil/drillsergeant/
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SSG Terminal Operations Nco
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Roger that CSM, I have the the first three modules memorized already now I'm working on the Drill Sergeant Creed.
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I used to be in the 21st TSC with the 5th Maintenance Company out of K-Town from '99-'01
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I graduated this June. You already know the creeds and first three modules you are good to go. The way we did our modules was after we pitched the top 3 we drew the rest of our modules for the course. I didn't have to know EVERY module like past classes. Here's how it works. If you get a NO-GO on a module you will re-pitch that same module at like 0530 the next day. The DSL's will then draw another module from the set and you have to pitch that as well. Do your best not to get on the NO-GO train. To my knowledge they are still using this system, but they change all the time. If not you'll probably have to know EVERY module and randomly pick on pitch day. You will lead 2 PRT session. One SM and one EM. We pitched PRT and traded off with the AI every single time. For example you could be in the middle of the prep drill and the DSL will say "switch". It's really easy. Don't stress. Remember to be professional and just do what you do as an NCO.
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