What made your Drill Sergeant awesome?

Drill Sargent Davis was someone who taught me discipline and how to become a Soldier and I thought he was one of
Many people that helped me.I also I had drill sargent at FT SiLL OKLAHOMA his name was Sargent pipped I believe that is spelling of it he also was a great mentor.

It's been way too long to remember...lol
I went in knowing what to expect because my father explained it to me. With this attitude it was easy for me to get through basic because I understood and respected the roll of the DS. I was in an honor flight...because I explained to all the girls what basic was all about...that the DS were there to help us...to teach us...to guide us and to have respect and HONOR for our country.

My RDC (Recruit Division Commander) was one of those brutally honest kinds of guys. Told you exactly what you needed to hear, even if it stung or not. He also instilled a great work ethic and drive to constantly do better in the Navy, and in our respective rates (even though he bluntly said he hated mine). We knew that there were good intentions behind it, and I aspired to be like him. Not afraid of being the guy to make the shitty call, because it's what needs to be heard/done. It's carried over with me today, and so far, it's paid off.

Even though the push ups, shit details, never ending PT , profanity and KP etc, All were good teachers, fair , focused and consistent, We became soldiers prepared for AIT

He didn't tell us to do anything he couldn't do, but he could low crawl like a lizard, run very fast. etc.

SFC Dishmon (Tank Hill, Ft Jackson, 1981) had a wicked sense of humor.

The First Sarge was a Veteran that still carried a bullet and still ran rings around us when we double timed.We would run 6 miles to the rifle range and he would run probably 12 miles because he ran around the Company. We were at Fort Ord and we ran from the mountain to the beaches. From cold to hot. That sand burned in the summer time.

He was Airborne, a Sniper in Vietnam 101 ABN Inf, bayoneted 3 time in the back, and lived to talk about it.
When he spoke, there was no BS, just what to do right. "SGT. Dallas Brake"
Everyone believed him when he said, "If you cat call my wife walking by, I'll kill you!"

I don’t know about anyone else, but my basic training drills were the best NCO’s i have met in my military career by a fair margin. Their discipline, leadership, and mentoring set them apart. They are what the general populace thinks when they think “soldier”.

When asked how one earned a Smokey The Bear Hat, he had everyone in the Platoon fall out in the hallway, and said, "Men's, (he always called us Men's), If Drill Sgt. Keys or myself ever, I repeat, EVER, hear you call our Campaign hats, Smokey The Bear Hats, I will personally, I repeat, I WILL PERSONALLY, hang each and every one of you up by the ankles, and beat yore balls with a spoon".