DRILLINSTRUCTOR
Drill instructor
A drill instructor is a noncommissioned Officer or Staff Noncommissioned Officer in the armed forces or police forces with specific duties that vary by country. In the United States armed forces, they are assigned the duty of indoctrinating new recruits entering the military into the customs and practices of military life. In the U.S., a drill instructor refers to a United States Marine Corps Drill Instructor. In the Air Force, they are known as Military Training Instructors and must be referred to as "sir" or "ma'am" by recruits. The United States Army refers to them as Drill Sergeant. Note: Although in the United States Marine Corps, they are ...The above text is a snippet from Wikipedia: Drill instructor
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drill instructor
Noun
- The generic term for the principal instructor of fresh military recruits undergoing basic training in the various branches of the United States military, routinely abbreviated to the initialism DI; always filled by enlisted personnel (a sergeant or petty officer).
- Army: drill sergeant
- Navy: recruit division commander
- Marine Corps: drill instructor
- Air Force: military training instructor
- Coast Guard: company commander
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