Posted on Jun 5, 2015
Who was your Drill Sergeant/Drill Instructor in Basic Training?
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Do you remember your Drill Sergeant, if not by name, could you describe his/her impact on training you, the mannerisms, the pet peeves, the swagger?
The impact of direct leadership during your earliest days in service help form the type of service member you will be throughout your career. That direct leadership changes very little as you progress. The more senior you become in service, the more distance you have between you and your immediate leadership however, that direct leader has a huge impact in shaping (mentoring) you. So, who was that Drill Sergeant/Drill Instructor and how that leadership impacted your career?
The impact of direct leadership during your earliest days in service help form the type of service member you will be throughout your career. That direct leadership changes very little as you progress. The more senior you become in service, the more distance you have between you and your immediate leadership however, that direct leader has a huge impact in shaping (mentoring) you. So, who was that Drill Sergeant/Drill Instructor and how that leadership impacted your career?
Mentorship
Drill Sergeant
Basic Training
Training Soldiers
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Drill SGT Beery and Drill SGT Galvin, drill sgt beery would make u do cannon cockers if u screwed up
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Senior drill instructor Gunnery sergeant Gholston, Ssgt Funkhouser, Ssgt Lewalan, Delta Co, Platoon 1118, MCRD, SAN DIEGO, To this day I think of Funkhouser alit, what a badass Kool diehard mofo he was....superior craftsmanship was given to his every calculated breath!! Good times I will never forget any of my brothers freekin fuckin outstanding
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I went to Basic Training and AIT (11B) the summer of 1984 at Ft Benning The My DI's were SSG Rodriguez and SFC O'Guinn. I was 17 and terrified by those two. They were a great part of making me a man along with family members.
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His name is SFC Stalsberg E-15-4 FORT Knox Kentucky OCT 1984. very stern and fair this was when they used to slap you around when you got out a line . Even though had alot of respect for him.
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Our drill Sergeant was a Puerto Rican with 20-years service who retired at the end of our cycle. Despite a strong accent that was difficult for us to understand he was very good at his job , very fair in his treatment and we really liked and appreciated him. AT the end of our cycle we took up a small collection for a retirement gift.
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PO3 Jim Polichak
Speaking Puerto Ricans, I was the "educational PO" for my 1974 boot camp company and my job was to try to get recruits from Brooklyn and the Bronx 60% of my company to pass tests along with two dozen Southern drop outs. A few were impossible, illiterates whom the recruiters had taken the entrance exams for.
But the Guy with a BS in Pre-Med was close to flunking out until I went to the instructors LTJG and explained that Jesus knew the material he just couldn't read the slides on the screens to answer. I quizzed him on the test he just failed and he got 40 out of 40. From then on he was given a written test with a Spanish/English dictionary.
He went on to a 20 year career as a corpman.
But the Guy with a BS in Pre-Med was close to flunking out until I went to the instructors LTJG and explained that Jesus knew the material he just couldn't read the slides on the screens to answer. I quizzed him on the test he just failed and he got 40 out of 40. From then on he was given a written test with a Spanish/English dictionary.
He went on to a 20 year career as a corpman.
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SFCByrd, Ft Ord, Jan 6 1972. I'll always remember him when we got off that cattle car, he looked 9'5" tall, 400 lbs of solid muscle screaming in our faces to drop down and give him 25. I knew he was the biggest baddest mother in the whole Army. I'll always have respect for him, I went into basic at 18 and got out 8 weeks later acting like I was 25. I grew and matured more in 8 weeks than I did in 18 years.
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Staff Sgt Jessy Lee, Staff Sgt Cunningham both had to put up with a 36 year old recruit
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Ft . Bliss , Texas 1985 . A-3-1 . Chaparral Missile Crewman . My Drill Sergeants were DS Flake , DS Hodges , and DS Maldonado . I did 4 years Active Duty Army and 6 years Air Force Reserve .
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