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

I have no idea, that was 40 years ago. Also, I served in the Navy, Army, and Air Force. I have been to basic training 3 times.

I remember all four of them very well!

Drill Sgt Simpson. I remember him not in a good or bad way, just as a guy who gave us what we needed to succeed. One thing I learned from him is sometimes you just have to sit there and take it for the greater good, or at least future goals. The old, if you are in formation and a fly is buzzing you, the fly is going to win today.

The most memorable statement? When getting smoked and doing mountain climbers him standing behind us saying "I hope some of you are getting sick of this and want to stand up and do something about it." For context, this guy was HUUUUUUGE and all muscle. I remember (silently) chuckling and thinking to myself, yeah no one is going to take him up on that "offer".

Remember them all. 3007, Hotel Co, 3rd Bn 78. Gunny Ream, SSgt Colley, SSgt Dunlap (moved to a sister Plt in our series as Senior DI), Sgt Matson, Sgt Young. Met Ream at Iwakuni, MSgt by then, gave him a bottle of Crown Royal. Dunlap was President of WOBC class when I was Sgt at TBS. We worked their Mess Night(s) for cash. I worked pot shack in the back. All enlisted met the brass on line afterwards. MCDEC CG Lt Gen JH Miller and others were escorted by Dunlap. He recognized me and the Gen said Dunlap let me slide through boot. Miller was former SSgt in WWII and very hard. I replied Sir yes Sir. as I knew better than to say more. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_H._Miller

From the first day on my Drill Sergeant was great and that continued until graduation.

Hello I am looking to hire a drill sergeant for an hour on Mon, Tues, or Wed for a company video. We are gearing up for our sales meeting and wanted to get some footage of a drill sergeant yelling at employees. Will pay!

Drill SGT Tiller was my first impression of the US Army. He was a tough, no nonsense Soldier, who turned civilians into soldiers. He impressed me very much as I went through Basic Training at Fort Polk in 1972. He could spot uniform violations from the other side of the building. He was firm but fair. I learned a lot from him. Never got a chance to tell him thank you.

Female First Lieutenant Winn, Lackland Air Force Base Texas in 1980. Great first Lieutenant to have even if we were a all male squadron.

Platoon 2075, Hotel Co, SSGT Sax, 1989. He retired as a SgtMaj.

CSM, I do remember very vivid SFC Randy Walker. Later on i found DS Walker as a CSM. never forget the meanest, but soft spoken drill sergeant. The impact was so great that I took a picture in his office with his hat. Funny things 10 years later I was DS in the same building and my office was the same place.
By the way CSM if you were 2ID in Mosul 2006-7 I share a ride in a helicopter.