With that all in mind, Sgt. Alycia Perkins grabbed her duffel bags and headed towards the doors of the U.S. Army Drill Sergeant Academy at Fort Jackson, South Carolina.

The Army's 2016 Drill Sergeant of the Year winner, Sgt. 1st Class Martin Delaney, reaches the last part of the hand grenade course, in which he had to name each grenade in the case and its function.

1 / 2 Show Caption + Hide Caption – Sgt. 1st Class Craig Pienkoski, an Army Reserve component career counselor assigned to 4th Infantry Division, smiles for a photo at his award ceremony at Fort ...

The Army has so far declined to identify the drill sergeant or confirm possible criminal charges against him, but a Fort Jackson, South Carolina, safety incident report reveals some details of ...

So far, the Drill Sergeant Academy at Fort Jackson, South Carolina has converted 178 AIT platoon sergeants into drill sergeants, Command Sgt. Maj. Michael Berry, commandant of the academy, told ...

On Dec. 8, Staff Sgt. Allen M. Burtram, 34, a drill sergeant with 2nd Battalion, 13th Infantry Regiment, was found dead after he didn’t report for work, the Army said.

A U.S. Army drill sergeant in Texas who was found in her car, shot multiple times, died early New Year’s Day, according to reports. Sgt. Jessica Mitchell, 30, was on holiday leave when she was ...

Army drill sergeant trainee dies after going off course during land navigation training Staff Sgt. Jaime Contreras was found 11 hours after he was supposed to have completed 3-hour course.

On December 8, Staff Sgt. Allen M. Burtram, 34, a drill sergeant with 2nd Battalion, 13th Infantry Regiment, was found dead after he didn’t report for work, the Army said.

There are about 2,400 drill sergeants in the active duty ranks and about 3,000 in the Army Reserves. Six drill sergeants spent the past week in a physically and mentally gruelling competition to ...

Staff Sgt. Samuel Matlock, who is from Palmer, won the active-duty U.S. Army Drill Sergeant of the Year award for 2024. Matlock is a drill sergeant representing the Maneuver Support Center of ...

Retired U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Aerial Vega spent three years as a drill instructor during her 20 years in the military, ...