Would any E6 11B like to switch drill sergeant orders to Ft. Leonard Wood?

2016-02-06T11:07:15-05:00

Response by SGM Private RallyPoint Member made Feb 6 at 2016 12:10 PM

2016-02-06T12:10:29-05:00

You don't want to be a DS?

Response by SSG Private RallyPoint Member made Feb 6 at 2016 12:18 PM

2016-02-06T12:18:21-05:00

I really hope you are asking to be a DS, and not trying to give that opportunity up.

Response by CSM Private RallyPoint Member made Feb 6 at 2016 12:24 PM

2016-02-06T12:24:36-05:00

I obviously can't answer as an 11B or a SSG, but I can tell you that you will enjoy your time at Fort Leonard Wood. The post is smaller than most and the quality of life for the family is excellent. The FMWR always has something going on for the family, and if you like the outdoors there are few places I can think of with better fishing, hinting, mountain bike riding etc. Housing off post is very reasonable, and I believe wait lists for on post are fairly short. It is a bit of a drive to the mall in Springfield, but Rolla is just up the road and it is a wonderful little city. Good luck.

Response by SGT Private RallyPoint Member made Feb 6 at 2016 12:34 PM

2016-02-06T12:34:33-05:00

I'm pretty sure he is asking to go somewhere else as a Drill Sergeant, not get rid of Drill Sergeant orders entirely.

I'm also assuming that you want to go to Benning. Good luck.

Response by SFC James Young made Feb 6 at 2016 4:12 PM

2016-02-06T16:12:36-05:00

I wouldn't blame you for not wanting to be a drill, especially if you don't care how high you plan to go in your career. You are literally Lost in the Woods out there. I haven't been there in years. Seemed like a nice post. Watch out for the AIT MPs haha

Response by SFC Private RallyPoint Member made Feb 26 at 2016 2:55 AM

2016-02-26T02:55:29-05:00

I asked our Branch Manager to switch me from Sill to Benning. It was that easy. The very next day my assignment changed to Benning.

Response by SFC Private RallyPoint Member made Sep 21 at 2019 8:24 AM

2019-09-21T08:24:38-04:00

Just to update, I did almost 3 years on the trail in Fort Leonard Wood and enjoyed the area a lot. Be a Drill Sergeant was a lot of hard work and time but the reward is once you leave and you meet your privates again as Soldiers and they tell you how much you change their lives.