It's not just lessons in hand-to-hand combat. New soldiers are taught coping strategies, texting etiquette, and the signs of ...

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 ...

The Army is investigating how a soldier died in a “non-training-related incident" during downtime at basic infantry training.

A U.S. Army drill sergeant based at Fort Jackson in Columbia, South Carolina, was found dead on Saturday, just 10 days after another drill sergeant was found dead at the same training base.

Gary Nolte died peacefully in Palm Bay, Florida, on January 8, 2025. He was born on June 28, 1953, in Toledo, Ohio.

At the Army base in Columbia, South Carolina, where about half of new U.S. soldiers train for combat, basic training would be unrecognizable to a soldier of a different era. Drill sergeants now ...

At the Army base in Columbia, South Carolina, where about half of new U.S. soldiers train for combat, basic training would be unrecognizable to a soldier of a different era. Drill sergeants now ...