What is the Day to Day life of a Reserve Drill Sergeant?

The day to day is the same as that of a active drill at least I know in Ft. Jackson. It's all long hours and hard work. Late nights and early mornings.

Not to disagree with some of the answers you've received, although I was a Reserve Drill Sergeant for 10+ years and I can say the difference is huge. When you're not deployed, you are in your civilian job and also need to stay very sharp on your day-to-day DS duties, which isn't always that easy even with drill once a month ans a two-week AT here and there. In my experience at Benning when you are on AT they generally send you to an Echo or Foxtrot company and then you could stay or be farmed out to other companies within that battalion or even outside the battalion. You are expected to know exactly where to pick-up even when there are pretty big differences from company to company or battalion. So you NEED to be more nimble and much sharper than your average Drill.

I was also deployed twice to Benning full-time for 2 1/2 years (in total) and mixed in with active component. We were lucky and received the order two months prior so that we could ramp up training and be ready for Joe when we hit the ground. At that point, you can find a groove unlike just getting thrown into the AT "where the HELL am I getting farmed out to" and "what week are we in?" mix.

In doing both full-time and civilian/DS/AT jobs I would say it's much easier being in the active position because you can focus on the job of being a Drill. It also sets you up for big success when you finally get back to the civilian world and only have to perform 2-3 week ATs. That stuff is total cake after you've walked the walk for years not just weeks at a time.

I don't know but I would say the DI on the left isn't wearing his cover in a good way. Brown Round needs to be down closer to the eyebrows.... Again, E-6 humor at it's finest.