When Jim Nabors found out that his Gomer Pyle character from The Andy Griffith Show was getting a spin-off in which the filling station attendant becomes a U.S. Marine, he researched how to act like a ...

COPPERAS COVE – Retired U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Aerial Vega spent three years as a drill instructor during her 20 years in the military, helping young recruits get in shape and learn to be soldiers.

Two drill sergeants are facing possible court-martial after Army investigators found evidence that they abused their ...

Clinton Helms spent more than 20 years teaching in the U.S. Army and the Army reserve. Teaching recruits how to stand at attention, do close order drill and obey on command when he barked an order, ...

U.S. Army drill sergeants encourage a trainee on the first day of Basic Combat Training at Fort Jackson, South Carolina. (Spc. Darius Davis/U.S. Army). Female drill sergeants will soon trade their ...

The Marine Corps has made the combat instructor job a special duty assignment once more, effectively allowing those instructors to sidestep the sometimes-dreaded recruiter or drill instructor jobs.

A recent exhibit added to the Museum of Veterans and Military in Vilonia, is a mannequin dressed in a uniform and campaign hat donated by Brady Zweifel of Vilonia, who currently serves as an Army ...

GRAFENWOEHR, Germany — U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Sonia McElfresh earned the title of Instructor of the Year 2023 at the 7th Army Noncommissioned Officer Academy (NCOA) Basic Leaders Course (BLC) graduation ...

The yelling, the sweat, the thousand-yard stares — these movies either nailed the chaos or missed it. Every service member has a story about navigating boot camp — the sand, the blisters, the broken ...