Becoming a Drill Sergeant
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- čas přidán 28. 06. 2018
- Ever wonder what it takes to be an Army Reserve drill sergeant?
Listen to Army Reserve Staff Sgt. Ryan Moldovan, the 2016 Drill Sergeant of the Year from the 98th Training Division (Initial Entry Training), who is now a Drill Sergeant Leader at the U.S. Army Drill Sergeant Academy at Fort Jackson. He tells you what it takes, how it helps the active duty drill sergeants and why it matters to the Army.
If you think you have what it takes to earn the iconic status, contact the 108th Training Command (Initial Entry Training)
Email: usarmy.usarc.108-tng-cmd.list.ds-recruiting@mail.mil
Phone: (866) 215-3647 ext. 4214/2836
Video content and production by 982nd Combat Camera Company (Airborne) Soldiers: Spc. Amy Hall, PV2 Caroline Schofer, Sgt. Leron Richards.
I DO NOT remember ONE name of my college professors. But dang, DS Ramsey, DS Fullwood, from 1977, I still remember their names and their faces!
SNOWINGSART I can relate haha
I just graduated friday delta 3-47 198th infantry regiment
David Monroe good job bro make our country proud💪🏾 I’m 15 can’t wait to join,my dad and grandpa were in
DS Jones, DS Jennings, DS Darst
@@davidmonroe3153 you graduated from infantry??
i literally seen my drill sergeant in this video being drilled
@Samuel Lawson that must of been a special moment lol
Nice lmao
what are the odds i find a guy i went to basic with, in the youtube comments, referring to good ol DS Mendes? small world Lawson.
@@frogs_under_your_bed lmaooooo
bryce arell wonder if he’ll ever see this in the comments that you commented him back
LEVELS OF GREATNESS:
1 being a dude that wants to be a marine
2 being a dril sergeant
3 being a drill sergeant to drill sergeants
Marine... drill sergeant... something doesn't add up here
@@rithe07 yeah instructor whatever
Dope
@@dollarsign7554 ain't no whatever bruh
@@dollarsign7554 god have mercy on your soul if you said that to a DI
My dad was a DI. He had two young toddlers at home that he put thru all sorts of exercises. If we complained he said just think I make young men do this on gravel in the freezing mornings! Respect!
0:22 was my drill sergeant, DS Edwards. I will NEVER forget that man and the hilarious things he said. Sang the best cadence I’ve ever heard
ive read this multiple times, seems he was really good at cadence
Share some bro
There’s a video him singing a cadence Xd
I went through basic training as an E-1 at Fort Jackson January to March 1990. I’m now a CW3 in the Army Reserve. I wish I could go back and thank the ones there and ultimately thank DS’s Tibbs, Ring, and Mokrisky of 2nd PLT, Alpha Company 2/13.
Mann how the hell u remember that shit lol 😆
Fr, I only remember my senior ds name and I started basic last September 😭
When did Johnny Sins become a drill?
When didn't he?
Who is Johnny sins?
@@TheRealJO6 P*rnstar
@@TheRealJO6 A really talented man.
@@TheRealJO6 my dad
I went through basic training more than 25 years ago and I still remember my drill sergeants.
Some nice memory there
I went through it last fall, only remember my senior ds name, but I still know their faces and I have so much love and respect for what they did
I did BCT 43 years ago and still remember mine!
During my era Drill Sergeants were crazy forreal it wasn't an act.
Yeah, but youre untouchable....😂😂😂 (good ol history jokes)
We had a Drill Sergeant tell us that he hung his cat for pissing on his briefcase.....he was insane
@Adriel R these old people are sucking up too much oxygen
@@thedave1674
That's a felony
Everyone says this to the next soldiers. Not much has changed stop. "MaH BAsic WaS hARder Then YOuRS"
I’m digging the duty belts on the Drill Sergeants....just like I wore as a Marine Drill Instructor way back when....
U look fat tho
Those brown/green hats and blue vests will evoke more fear and stress into you than any enemy you could encounter.
Apparently not when there are a lot of undisciplined fat soldiers.
Yes after 52 years, I remember Sgt. Moyer, my basic training T.I., who whipped me into shape. I've long forgot school teacher: grade school, high school, college... but I remember the military life during the 1960's.
Being a Drill Sergeant was one of my most rewarding experiences of my career!
I heard becoming a DS it's like basic all over again . The thought crossed my mind , but I shall see when I cross that bridge , as of now I'm trying to reclass into 17c .
@Getting To Greatness, well done!
How's your throat doing sir?
@@ducaoftheabruzzi 😂
@@ducaoftheabruzzi it's good you have to use your diaphragm
That opening is my basic training unit echo 3-13 at for Jackson SC. Awe good times
Cirhs
Lol what company
@@quez465 *one month no response* heh got eem
LeniusEDM he even said for Jackson and he never fixed it
austin ehl
Same. 1st platoon Savages right here. 💯
Oh shit I saw my drill sergeant been drilled🤭🤭😮😮
Same
I was a Drill Sergeant in the 98 Div for a good many years, I enjoy working with the new recuits and my time being a Drill Sergeant is forever in my memories
It’s weird how they turn someone so mousey into a psychopath yelling at your face 24/7 lmao
I went to basic training in 1984 at Fort Dix . I remember all of my drill sargents and can still hear their voices today. DS George Spence, DS William Sanderson (ex marine) and DS Peggy Spurlock. Thank you for taking a 18 year old kid and showing him that he was so much more than he thought he was. A-5-3. 2nd platoon
I admired the drill sgts I had during OSUT. Subject matter experts is a true statement.
I just want to say respect to everyone who this channel represents. Salute
Almost 26 years later I still remember my Drill Sergeants.
Supported these guys for 10yrs at Los Alamitos JFTB..good people
I still remember my drill sgts ds hall and ds krouger. Ft Jackson never forget them.
Good ole DS Bruce kept me up nights after i got through basic and AIT! Sometimes he still creeping in to my sleep. Went from 0 to 110 in half a second and vice versa. Never forget the beasts, nothing but full respect for these men and women who commit themselves to turning babies into babies who can shoot.
always found DS school confusing. is it a bunch of NCO's going through basic again?
Yes but they have to be experts and know everything they're going to teach you
It is but way more intense and in dept. They cover the how to and they why.
Yes the selection process is pretty tough.
Essentially, but the standards are A LOT higher because these guys are already soldiers, not trying to become soldiers. They're responsible for literally every aspect of a soldier's training and conversion from civilian to soldier while in boot camp, so they have to know their stuff.
Yes but we go on longer road marches and go over basic over and over and over again.
I went through Drill Sergeant School Class 6-83 at Fort Jackson SC. Back then we had to go through Drill Sergeant Orientation Course (DSOC) for 3 weeks being treated like privates. Once we completed DSOC we were allowed into the Drill Sergeant Course for the next 8 weeks. It was one of the most demanding schools I ever went to in my 28 years of Army Service. I performed my duties on Tank Hill in those days. It was the most rewarding duty I ever performed. I remember my Drill Instructors from Basic Combat Training at Fort Polk LA (SDS Oliver Magee, SSG Wesley Thomas, and SGT Brown). I remember my AIT Drill Sergeant (SSG, now MSG (R) Gerald Dukes who I still talk to this very day. He was proud I surpassed him and still remember me when I made 1SG/E8. While still on acive duty I ran into so many of my former Basic Trainees and was proud of how they had advanced. I loved being a D.I.
D.S Moldovan was one of my Drill instructors when I went through Basic back in 2017.
Everyone starts somewhere.
It's discipline and training, that makes people into soldiers.
God bless the Entire 98th Training Division Thank You for your service
I still remember my Drill Sergeants from my cycle 06 into 07
1st Platoon Charlie Company 2/13th
Drill Sergeant Michelle
Drill Sergeant Reynolds
Drill Sergeant Rhine Russell
Will never forget them
I remember my drill sergeants too from cycle November 2019-February 2020
Alpha Company 2-48, 3rd Platoon Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri
SSGT Perry, and later SSGT Spadafore, Senior Drill Sergeant
SSGT Webb, Drill Sergeant
SSGT Ivers, Drill Sergeant.
So there was 1 senior drill sergeant and two drill sergeants per platoon totaling up to 9 drill sergeants for Alpha Company 2-48.
My hometown had a reserve Drill Sergeant unit back in the 80’s. When I was in the reserves I was in a program called “Split Option”. I did my BCT (Boot Camp) at Fort Bliss, TX during my junior summer then the technical training after graduating from High School...Prior to that they had a mini weekend boot camp prep, we drove down to Fort Devens, MA recruiter dropped us off and a bunch of reserve Drill Sergeants took over, it was good training for them and us. One of the recruiters in my hometown office was a DS and he helped me a lot!
Wow I live here in el paso it's wear to hear someone mentioning something about el paso because it might be boring for some people but I love my city and thanks for your service.
Bot 2.0 no swear. I went in summer of 1987. Believe it or not up until then I had never left the Eastern Time Zone. About two and a half years later I had transversed ALL 24 time zones...USN world cruise.
Yoooo!!!! The parts with SDS Anderson, DS Culven, DS Edwards, and DS Farve is my rotation back in 2017. Those were my drill sergeants back then. Hell yeah!!!!
So crazy seeing my old drills and barracks. Ft Jackson echo 3-13 punishers
Thanks for your service you've earned your privilege
Loved my time as a DS in the German Army
Went through Jackson for BCT in 06. I was in 4th Plt F Co 2-60th. My DS were: Bryan (we still keep in touch), Crooks, Sabold, and Diaz. "Scouts Out!"
I remember one of the DS from basic , and damn I thought of Aries , the god of war , he was tough , but my DS, DS Harris was short but she was someone I wouldn't cross paths with.
Neat to see that the 98th TD is still around. Don't know if the speaker was intentionally thinking about it or not, but when he mentioned the modern DI needs to be a "Renaissance Man" I wonder if he was at all thinking about (and if anyone else caught or thought of it) the movie of the same name which had Danny DeVito starring in the leading role, given the subject matter in this film clip.
I'm a coworker of Ryan at UPS. Ryan is a role model in so many ways not only in the military but as an extremely conscientious UPS employee that cares immensely for his customers and the company he works for. Ryan rates at the top 1% of the people in terms of character and dedication that I have met in my long life. It is always a pleasure to talk with him each night as he comes of his route. Ryan is extremely intelligent, dedicated, and caring.
He is right I remember my Drill Sgt SDS Kozlinski DS Xeno and DS Whigham I won't ever forget them for sure
2:46 that’s DS Lamer with a tattoo on his left calf! One of my DS’s. Still thankful for his teachings. E 787 MP at Fort Leonard Wood. “From the heaven, we strike” Here’s one of his fav quotes “Life’s about choices pvt”~ DS Lamer
A795, my DS is now a drill at the DS academy .
Been out of the Army after serving 20 years. Still haunted by DS Rainer and DS Jamison.
76th Division, Bristol, RI. Forever in my heart.
When I had Facebook, there was a commercial on Drill Sergeant School & look who I found out was the Sergeant Major of that school.... my former DS Michael Berry,😁😁😁!! When I went in for boot camp at Fort Sill, OK, in “99”, he was a fairly new Drill Instructor!! Wow, time had really change, 😊😊!!
I swear the DS who was calling cadence at the end sounded like one of my DS from basic
1:53 yall see that?
shut the hell up
He’s dummy thick
Its a trap
ThickkCckness
Huh?
That’s my BCT company in the beginning of the video!!! 2 of my old Drills DS Metz and DS Johnston!!
I had my drill packet in and finished. Had five fellow NCO’s that were all ex-drills as recommending and all E7 or above. Was time to goto drill school, was stationed at Coleman Barracks and received a notice from PERSCOM or TRADOC (cannot be sure of authorizing authority) stating policy change affected my packet. Only combat arms NCO’s were being selected. I was prior service (Navy) E6 to E5 and had to do Army basic... as an NCO...two bootcamps...argh! Seemed like every senior NCO in my unit there was prior Drill. They couldn’t believe it and they tried back channels, to no avail. Besides being injured at the Q course with a destroyed knee (fall from the rope climb on Nasty Nick at Mackall), this was the biggest disappointment in my career. Oh, getting out of the Navy was stupid and a disappointment as well...lol! Good ole Gramm-Rudman act...not giving them six years for free. When my fellow sailors were getting $30k the day before. What I get for joining on 1 October! Awesome for the troops that were able to go! Bravo Zulu!
That cadence at graduation was awesome!
Drill Sarnt Wheat, Drill Sarnt Hayes, and Drill Sarnt Dupree were my Drill Sergeants at Ft. Benning in 2000.
Infantry that is!!
DS Castle at 1:37 was one of our drills he was a hell of a soldier and taught us well fuck yeah
Thank you all for your service new subcriber
Going to Drill early next year I am excited
The one commanding the platoon was my senior drill sergeant in BCT , DS Erhardt
Those were my Drill sergeants standing out there in the rain! That was my BCT rotation as well! 3-13 E co!
1:42 that moment when your drill sergeant shows up in a video of him becoming a drill sergeant!
DS S
i will never forget the way he stands at attention 😂
motivating me to become a drill sergeant like him one day, love to see that we all start somewhere
Talking bout striplin? I was Charlie 5-15
Gotta give your DS respect.
That's true motivation here
You never forget your DI's name, I remember ever step I took during basic and that was 40 years ago.
I was at ft jackson back in 87. Still have not forgotten my drill sgts ssgt toledo and female sgt mason. If your out there just to let you know I haven't forgotten about you. Thanks 😊
Went the USAR school. We did it over a 1 yr timeline. And it was not an easy course. My sr. Drill Sgt from basic training placed my round brown on my head. Found out my best buddy in school was his son. Name never clicked thats how hard even the USAR school was in 77.
1996 Fort Jackson ECHO 239 4TH platoon..... DS Thompson, Martin, Block, Graham Teal. A lot of what is being said in this video I agree with 100%. I think every US citizen should go through boot camp and military service.
basic: Drill Sergeants: Harris, Lyles, Escobar, Crawford / ait: Drill Sergeant James. I was the baby girl of the family. No one ever expected anything of me or pushed me in any way. Until them. I won’t bore you with the stories but I could. I’ll never forget any of them. Fort Dix and Fort Monmouth New Jersey 1985.
I wanted to become a drill sergeant since my first day at basic training even though that was this August lol Fort Jackson 2/39 Bravo!!!!
TLove T Go ahead you can do it, God Bless, and God Speed, I am a US ARMY COMBAT VETERAN, my Basic was a Ft Leonard Wood; are you Active Duty, Reserved or National Guard, I was on Acrive Duty, I deployed from Germany to Afghanistan
Travis Toll I’m Active Duty. I graduate AIT next month and will be going to fort Hood TX
TLove T Hey TLove T what is your MOS, what is your opinion of AIT, what will be the total length of your AIT when complete? Are your originally from TX, in reference to your statement about your first Duty Station being in Texas n all lol🤔🤗🙂😉
Travis Toll my MOS is 92Fox for now I want to change after doing my first contract and AIT is easy to me and it’s 10 weeks long I’m on my 7th week here. And I’m Chicago. But I have been to Fort Hood my brother used to be stationed there. ☺️
I can't remember the names of any of my coworkers from 4 years ago, but I'll never forget the names and faces of those Drill Sargeants at Ft. Benning, ever!
DRILL SSG RAMSEY, FORT JACKSON, SC 1977. AND.. DS FULLWOOD! THANK YOU!
I remember all of my Drill Sergeants very well and that is what led me to be one myself!
I definitely want to take a chance if I get one to be one ..
my older brother sfc norman e sammons was head drill sergeant drill sergeant school at fort benning Ga 1975 -1995
My husband was a DS at Ft Bliss in the mid sixties.
I would love become Drill Seargent someday but I have to wait two years at least to join. I don't feel like waiting two years just to join. But all I know I will be there someday.
OMFG my drill sergeant is in this!! Ds Moldovan!!!
You know what I remember most about my DS? His boots.
Leaving for basic training April 17th 19d cavalry scout , and I would love to be a drill sergeant one day ! Hooah ! 💪🏼 my respect goes out to all drill sergeants out there !
Good luck at Basic Training. Just remember, the craziness of it is to build your ability to deal with stress and manage your reactions. You got this!
You say that now until they smoke your ass just because. DS are there to rip your habits away and make you into a man. Take the training seriously. 4 Golden tips you can use during Basic.... 1. Don’t kiss ass. DS hate soldiers that kiss ass and try to be brown noser, they will skull fuck you with push ups if you’re one of those. 2. Fly under the radar. Shine, but never shine too much. You want a DS to notice you and forget you were even there the moment he stops addressing you. 3. Don’t take anything personal, take everything with a grain of salt. DS will say all types of shit to you (there’s rules now so I don’t if they can even scream at you) but you have to maintain focus and not let words dictate your emotions. Simply reply “YES DRILL SERGEANT!” And keep it moving. And lastly, have fun! It’s going to suck but you’ll hear this sooner or later “EMBRACE THE SUCK” the training will be awesome and it’s going to be something that will stick with you for a lifetime. Enjoy your time there and sponge up as much as you can.
19D?? Oh boy, you’re in for a surprise lol. Be ready to be put on every detail, thats what the “D” stands for. I’ve been a scout for 5 years, trust what I’m saying dude. Now unless of course you get a duty station like Hawaii and go to jungle school, then that’s when it gets fun and you actually do your job.
Cirhs
Former 19D here. Good luck and enjoy your time! It'll be hell but it'll be worth it.
Get fucked! Enjoy the 20k ruck march
Ft Leonard Wood 1999. DS Rodney Guidry. He wasn't a big guy but he was SHARP and tough as leather.
DS Guo, DS Flack, DS McRae, DS Moreno, those names are going to be etched in my mind for years to come.
Now, where do drill sergeants to drill sergeants get their training? 🤔
This school, the drill sergeant academy, im there right now
I believe you have to be selected by the Drill Sergeant Academy’s CSM. From there you will be trained as a Drill Sergeant Instructor. And yes, there are even those working at the academy who are selected to train Drill Sergeants to train Drill Sergeants lol. This is da wey, mah bruddah!
Drill Sgts at Ft KNOX broke me like you would break a Horse I came in a mess weak sheltered farm boy I came out stepping like a Soldier I want to thank Drill Sgt BEERS and Drill Sgt Rundburg for not giving up on me and making me a better stronger person. Maybe they will see this vid and my comment Matt Von from Montana
Blackwelder, Miller, Van Pelt. Ft Dix NJ March 87
haha.. never forget my drill sergeants.. as a civilian, one was a reservist, and in the civilian world before I enlisted, we were actually neighbors, and didn't know each other. Then, as luck would have it, a couple years later I had enlisted, and low and behold, he was my drill sergeant. He came up to me and was like, "Private, do I know you?", I looked sheepishly down and was like.. haha, nope (hoping he didn't)...... he was on me like a wet tshirt and didn't let me fail... remember him to this day....
Yooo my Drill sergeant is on of the four standing in front the drills walking DS desai best drill i could asf for he pinned my crossrifles at benning ! hoaaa
Drill Sergeant Landrum and Drill Sergeant Felder. Ft. Jackson 1987 "Black Lion DS".
One of the Drill Sergeants instructing in the video was my 1SG at Basic. Always talking about Chick Fil-A! 😂
"If you don't like it, get promoted!"
Just left my AIT (Fort Gordon) and got recommended this, about a minute in and I see my DS lol.
Easily the most shocking thing I've seen for some reason
Which drill? I was there too
@@brinley8057 DS Loftis
DS Vasquez in the video was one of my drill sergeants
Where was your bct?
they sound alot nicer than the boot camp drill instructors, wonder if its for the cameras.
I couldn’t tell you a single one of my DS names. I can tell you my recruiters name though.
Chad Basden the one that lied to you? 😂
MariachiGuy123 recruiters don’t lie.
Chad Basden yes they do 😂😂
FaTaL Reckz it’s impossible to lie in the age of internet
Chad Basden what type of dumb shit did you just comment have a nice day.
1:20 my drill sergeant is right there ds Mendez
Alpha Company 1/34, Fort Jackson, South Carolina.
SFC Ruth Oden
SSgt Andrew Benson
SSgt Lachad Jefferson.
Two years after BCT, I met SFC Oden at Camp Liberty, Iraq. I never thought I'd see any of my Drill Sergeants again. The military is really a small world...after all.
Everyone remembers their drill sergeants.
C 3/47 Fort Benning
SDS Mosely
DS Lacy
DS Cruz
E 2/60 Ft Jackson
SDS Tom
DS Peterson
DS Gibbons
C 2/13 Ft Jackson 06 - 07
Plt DS Michelle
DS Reynolds
DS Rhine Russell
C 2/47 4th plt ft benning 2012
SDS Robinson
DS shellnut
The female DS at 0:49 and DS Johnston remember both of them female was my combatives instructor and Johnston was my basic DS stayed calling us Scummy Fucks 😂😂😂
0:26 is that the come on over drill instructor with the heavenly voice?
This we’ll defend
DS Foster, DS Schultz, DS Lucas....Benning 1994. Names I'll never forget.
I DO NOT remember ANY of my past drill SGTs’ names. However I remember some of my college instructors’ names.
I’m becoming a NCO in sometime in August I believe
Bruh echo company 3-13th, 3rd platoon punishers, August 15th 2019 was my graduation and seeing DS Metz at 0:22 hit me with some memories 😂 and 0:48 the white DS was my platoon drill, DS Johnston, his favorite thing to do was call us scummy fucks. Or just about anything as long as scummy was before whatever insult he had to say 👌
Not gonna do this 😂 I’d much rather be a recruiter
Agreed
I feel ya. In my case, last place I want to go is back to Parris Island.
Im close to starting on active duty, idk what to expect next
How'd it go? Was it anything like you expected it to be?
DS Johnston best drill that ever smoked me 🤙🏽
My older brother was a DI at the drill instructor school he was the head drill instructor at fort Benning Georgia
DI's are Marines. You mean Drill Sergeants. DS are Army.