Who was your Drill Sergeant/Drill Instructor in Basic Training?

Charlie Company, 1052: Sgt Chiang, Sgt Wells, Sgt Blackburn, and two others I can't recall off the top of my head. In my graduating platoon, 3056, Lima Company: Gysgt Raynor, Gysgt Getty, Ssgt Wruble, Sgt Gamezrickli. Graduating platoon was also Honor platoon and my platoon in Charlie was the booger platoon. World of difference for boot camp experience.

C co. 31St engineer battalion 9-88 to 12-88. SFC Bell SSG Folston SGT Schick. SFC Bell still gives me nightmares.

I do not remember his name - but I remember him!

Drill Sargent Swift , he had a great impact on me and my military career up until they medically retired me CSM.

BMC Campos! USCG boot camp company B-117, 1978.

Yes I do TSgt Olsen and TSgt Wiley - 3708BMTS

I joined the Army 0n 7/7/77.. My drill sergeant were SFC Perez and SGT Alexander. Both were great leaders, SGT Alexander was tough and straight forward, but fair. Drill Sergeant Perez was mission oriented, training focus and a disciplinarian. They mold us to become great soldiers/leaders. I got the chance to see SFC Perez later on and got the opportunity to thanks for his leadership and dedication. Being from a very strict home, my drill sergeant were like heaven send. I knew that they scream but were not allow to hit, unlike my home, my mom scream and hit at the same time. She had a tremendous coordination and never lost rhythm during the AS(&(*()* whopping. SFC Perez and SGT Alexander direct me to what end up being a great 31 years military career. Thanks, CSM Mendez (RET)

DS Munoz, DS Pena, DS Garza and SDS Stratton. A Co 2-19 IN. Feb - May 2008. I learned a great deal about professionalism, applying common sense, and sucking it up and completing the mission, regardless of how hard or tough.

I wish that I could track them down... :)

Fort Jackson, 1991.
-SFC Garcia: used to call us a "bunch of b*tches and eat cockroaches
-SSG McCann: used to listen to Lynard Skynard REALLLLYYY loudly when we trying to sleep
-SSG Panapa: HUGE Samoan gentleman that barely spoke but would run past the marching formation with his ruck and SFC Garcia on his back O_o
-SSG Tucker: had a moustache (he came in late in the cycle)

I had two sets long story and messed up the way it happened. I feel for them for they are what made me a stronger Marine. My First Senior Drill Instructor Staff SGT Eescarsega, SGT Feezer, Sgt Besser, Sgt Williams, Staff SGT White. till second phase then something fucked it all up some Protestant lay reader got a hold of the training Manuel somehow and accused those Marines of abuse. Staff Sgt White, would be the only one that stayed afterwards. Sgt Hernandez, I was on his quarterdeck many a time. I was a diet recruit lol! Senior Drill Instructor Staff Sgt Keele the first Marine to tell me that I had something better than Honor, Courage, and Commitment. It was Heart. I did not see any abuse the enemy will never be as kind by any means. I enjoyed it and think we need to leave the training as it was. Investigate yes but there was only one abuse that I saw Sgt Williams kicking the living shit out of a recruit who would leave MCT due to medical conditions caused by that Sgt. Other than that the occasional yelling and shit was tolerable to me.