This brought AIT platoon sergeants in to replace drill sergeants. Army Drill Sergeant Academy in Fort Jackson. 18, 2007.Īfter the drill sergeant hat was retired, the Advanced Individual Training Platoon Sergeant Course was implemented at the U.S. Success of the program led to the first Drill Sergeant School at Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri, in 1964.įort Gordon Advanced Individual Training drill sergeants hanged up their hats during a de-hatting ceremony and traded them for a pistol belt and AIT Platoon Badge identifier, Oct. Army Cyber Center of Excellence and Fort Gordon held a Drill Sergeant Conversion ceremony at Alexander Hall, April 13.įourteen noncommissioned officers from 15th Regimental Signal Brigade received drill sergeant hats after completing a two-week conversion course at Fort Jackson, South Carolina.ĭrill sergeants were first introduced to the Army at Fort Gordon and Fort Jackson, as pilot programs in 1963. Army Drill Sergeant Acad.įORT GORDON, Ga. He is among the first wave of installation advanced individual training platoon sergeants who attended a U.S. 1st Class Jonathan Collier, Victor Company, 262nd Quartermaster Battalion, looks over his formation, March 15.

Army) VIEW ORIGINAL 3 / 3 Show Caption + Hide Caption – Army) VIEW ORIGINAL 2 / 3 Show Caption + Hide Caption – (Photo Credit: U.S. Soraya Bacchus, a drill sergeant with the 73rd Ordnance Training Detachment - Georgia, demonstrates the leadership continuity trainees experience during their transformation from civilians to Soldiers while in the Initial Entry Training.

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