effectively allowing those instructors to sidestep the sometimes-dreaded recruiter or drill instructor jobs. Each year, a portion of Marine noncommissioned officers are given special duty ...

Following is a transcript of the video. Narrator: These are Marine Corps drill instructors conducting a pickup of new recruits in boot camp. But before they get there, it all starts here ...

These were the first drill sergeants used to train recruits in the Army. The Fort Leonard Wood Drill Sergeant School began training NCOs for drill sergeant duties in September of 1964. In late ...