Back in '78 when I went through BCT you DID NOT address the Drill Sergeant as "Drill Sergeant", you addressed them by their actual rank (Sergeant, Staff Sergeant, Sergeant First Class, etc.). They would remind you that Drill Sergeant was their job, not their title... usually by allowing you to do push-ups until they got tired.
I've never been in the military, but I can tell if I was.......you would be the guy that accidentally fell and smashed his head on the bunk. " No worries drill sergeant, we tucked him in. He was tired!"
@@vondada9225 in the Marine Corps, yes. In the Army, no. Marines should only say "Yes, sir" "No, sir" and "Aye sir" unless you're asking a question or asked a question
We had a very small in stature drill sergeant in A.I.T. He also had a very big chip on his shoulder and a serious case of small guy syndrome. He was not very liked by the soldiers because he would smoke you for anything. Sleeves were rolled a half an inch to long/short 2 hour grass drill. Sneeze or cough while he was talking, you’d get smoked for half an hour. My AIT was 32 weeks long and I was the platoon guide for 31 of those 32 weeks. I didn’t care to much for the position to much but one of the few perks it offered was I got to have my own room in the drill sgts office. Now before I go on my class was the last class this drill sgt was going to have as he had gotten 2 dwis and was not going to able to re-enlist for 3 years. So myself and him got to be fairly good friends. At least as friends as a drill Sgt could be with a trainee. He relayed to me in no certain circumstances that this small drill sgt was not liked at all by any of the drill sgts. Around week 10 or 11 one of my class mates slipped on some ice during morning pt. This drill sgt smoked him. The soldier then reported to me after pt that he thought that he had hurt his ankle during his fall. I reported to my drill sgt what had happened. My drill sgt sent the young soldier to the tmc to get his ankle checked out. Turned out that he had actually broken 2 minor bones in his ankle. He was taken out of class for 3 days and was bed ridden for like 7 days. Little man drill sgt found out about this and was calling the guy weak and a tag baby and a wimp. One of the guys in my platoon took issue with this and him and the D.I. Got into a very heated argument. The d.i. Told him to meet him in the 4 th floor shower at 10 pm. Normally if a D.I. Does this and your stupid enough to show up your going to get smoked by about 6 drill sgts. In this case though none of the little guys friends showed up. Needless to say he got his ass handed to him. The private that was fighting him must have had a background in boxing or some sort of martial arts. He did not leave a single mark on the D.I.s face. At the next morning pt you could tell he was hurt pretty bad though. In fact he could almost not walk. Soon after that he was transferred out of our unit. Nothing was ever said again about the incident. To this day I still don’t know how there was not any sort of investigation or charges brought forward on either the D.I. Or the private who was involved in the fight. I guess the whole thing was just ignored because no one liked the little D.I.
A Drill Sergeant told one of my battle buddies to slap himself in the face multiple times for calling him sir since he couldn't touch him lol it was hilarious
Manuel Cotto I would have slapped your friend for free for the drill sergeant and called your friend the c word many times (to test him and to see if he would get offended). I’m a female so I’m allowed to say c*nt all I want. Americans are just not used to hearing that word. It’s a normal word for me. I think the ds should use the c word more often. My great grandfather would have. He makes these drill sergeants look nice. My great grandfather would probably have terrorized them 10x more if he was alive today.
Don't address with sir or ma'am. Don't apologize. Don't lie. Don't watch others get smoked. Don't ask for instructions a second time. Don't address with first or surname. To add... Don't laugh!
I don't think it was about not apologizing. We just had to say, "I'M sorry, Drill Sgt." But I learned it was far better to say, "No excuses, Drill Sgt."
My brother shouldn’t enlist because he has done that to me multiple times. He would be snoring and I would wake him up and he all made and yells, “ I WASNT SLEEPING”
@Humble & Deadly They can either burn hot or burn cold. He sounded like a cold-burning one... Sorry for the late reply. I was going over my METT-TC's in my head, Drill Sergeant.
Derpy_Dolphin7313 from now on you will speak only when spoken to, and the first and last words out of your filthy sewers will be “sir.” Do you maggots understand that?
Chris H, The noisy soldier draws fire... to him and others around him. This can be the 'push-up grenade' during training (everyone within 30 feet of Pvt. Motor-mouth gets smoked)😰😭... Or a real grenade on patrol.💀🤕 Not so LOL. The purpose to the pain in training is so you can laugh after combat. I know you were joking, but that does show you're a potential Pvt. Motor-mouth. It is better to practice the subtle art of 'ghosting' for as long as possible where Drill Sergeants (and other trainers) are concerned, and with Headshed Personal once you get to your unit of assignment. Observe the Sham Shields, they got it down to a sciene. Once you make NCO?... That fun is done son, welcome to the world of responsibility. 88'-94' played that game, and what horrible 'fun' it was. RLTW 😉
James Brady I was the quiet one in the back of formation. Personally thought BCT was fun. It's not the same as when you went through, our DS's made it a point to remind us of that fact on a daily basis. Don't get me wrong I love the Army but I don't think I'll be in long enough to make it past specialist. "Silence is compliance" is something my Drill used to say a lot. Thank you for your service.
Perhaps I was an exception to the rule, but by the time I finished my BT I was on a first name basis with most of the cadre in my unit. We would often talk about stuff in general. I found out where some good bass fishing spots were from several of the sergeants. My 1st Sergeant was an amateur (ham) radio operator, and I had a background in communications, so we would often talk about radio technology and MARS (Military Affiliate Radio Service). Even my company commander and training officer were known to shoot the bull with me on occasion. However, this was never in the presence of other trainees. I respected the men/women and their ranks and treated them accordingly in the 'public' eye.
I was one of those guys who used my drill sergeants name, and one of the other drill sergeants heard me. it was one of the worst mistakes I've ever made. I became good friends with the ground that day.
My son referred to his DS by his last name, forgetting to add Drill Sergeant first. Needless to say, after being ear fucked by three DS's at the same time, he also became very good friends with the ground; even being left alone in a field to continue his push-ups until another DS came back to get him. Lesson learned. 😉
That'll get you FUCKED UP! I remember we were cleaning our weapons after a day at the range and I was cleaning the rust off my selector switch so my weapon was on semi, even though the lower receiver was separated from the upper receiver. Didn't matter. My Drill Sergeant wasn't having ANY of that. My ass was squatting for 20+ minutes straight holding my rifle out in front of me with my charging handle pulled to the rear with only my index finger and thumb. But guess what I never did again?
One of my drill sergeants never got pissed off if someone accidentally called them "sir" but he would still correct them. He always said that he could tell who was raised right by this
Yeah but there is a difference between taking an excuse to get angry so they can smoke you or make you do whatever it was they always intended to make you do, and actually ticking off the sergeant. Its like the difference between your locker actually being dirty and the ever infamous invisible dust. One is going to actually make them angry, the other is them pushing you to try harder or whatever.
1. Don’t call them sir/ma’am, call them “drill sergeant” 2. Don’t say “sorry” 3. don’t disagree with them, just do whatever they order 4. don’t ever lie to them (side note: don’t look at someone getting smoked, or else a DS will see you and could smoke you) 5. never ask a drill sergeant something more than once. always ask questions when your DS asks, don’t wait until it’s too late. (tip: never ever call a drill sergeant by his/her name. always call them “drill sergeant” or “my head drill sergeant” or if it’s one DS to another, do anything to describe them, without using their name) your welcome
Never say sir Never say sorry Never disobey Never lie Never ask them something more than once later after DS ask "do anyone have any questions?" Never called DS by name
yomama isaniceperson Everybody different, if I was a DS. And me personally if you do what you have to do and behave I really don't give af then. That simple to me but it is what it is.
A Dumb Edgy Name Swear to God somebody did that in my basic at Ft Benning and boy was it a bad night for the infantry...especially since we were getting our CQ brief
Five things you never say to a Drill Sargent: 1. I don't have to... 2. I don't want to... 3. You're not my real dad Francis! 4. Don't tell me what to do! 5. You kiss you wife with that mouth? Bonus tip: Don't poke/slap/kick/ noogi your Drill Sargent unless you'd like a serious whoopin. Good luck.
People might think that this is all common sense stuff that you would do anyway. But when you have a drill instructor screaming in your face you would be amazed at how quick common sense flies out the window! I actually had the nerve to say "What?" when I didn't hear an order and I got reamed for about fifteen minutes! Lol. Best thing to do in basic is just roll with it. Put yourself in the drill instructors hands because that's exactly where he wants you to be. You belong to him or her until you graduate basic. Don't think, just do. And don't take anything personally. If you do then you are going to be miserable.
I took it personal with two of them, and made sure they remembered in an email I sent them almost a year after I graduated. I ended up getting slapped on the wrist for misusing government email, mainly because that was the only rule I broke. Long story short, I took swipes at how they failed and how I succeeded in spite of them. Just those two; the other ones either did their jobs properly or didn't do their jobs improperly with malice. I was good at rolling with what I could and taking my lumps with grace, but it got to a point where that wasn't enough.
Your videos on the culture within Army Basic Training are very informative. I was an enlisted Marine during the Desert Shield/Storm era, and there are a fair share of similarities and differences in what is expected and transpires between the two branches when it specifically comes to training. Thank you for that.
For those who do not know what "getting smoked" means, he is referring to a lengthy session of intense physical exercise. There are a number of reasons why a person, team, squad, platoon might get smoked. Usually a smoke session is used as a disciplinary measure, but sometimes they will smoke you to test how well you can think under duress. Drill Sergeants are masters of mental gymnastics and will yell at you and ask questions trying to get you to slip up so they can smoke you harder. This is not because they hate you, but to condition your mind, as well as your body, for combat. Of course there are the days where the Drill Sergeant is in a bad mood and wants to watch the world burn. On those days, well, it sucks to be you, but on the bright side, the harder he works you the quicker he will get it out of his system and leave you alone. In the late phases of Basic Training the "typical" smoke session is treated more like a game than a punishment and can actually be a lot of fun. That being said, since it is the later phases, you'll be expected not to do dumb shit so if you're nearing graduation and you pull a Red Phase stunt, expect all hell to break loose. Pro Tip: Smoking is going to happen and it's going to happen a lot in Basic. You're not going to hurt yourself, you're not going to die and you sure as hell are not going to get out of getting smoked. The Drill Sergeants are professionals and know how hard to push a soldier. All you have to do is obey them and give 100%. Smoke sessions last a lot longer when you half-ass them. Also, you'll find out how bad smokings can really be once you get to your permanent duty station and your team or squad leader has a go at you, so enjoy the smokings in basic while you can.
One of my friends at Basic got smoked and he got fired from PL because he formed up the platoon and when Drill Sergeant came up and asked him if the men were formed, he answered "YUP!"... He attracted every DS in the area as if he had 5 stars on GTA.
I disagree, if I'm ever given an order that I don't completely understand I'm going to say I don't understand would you repeat that sir? I might get my butt chewed out but so what. better to do that than mess up and get someone hurt. Vietnam vet
A few more things you may not want to ask your Drill Sgt. 1. Is this your first day on the job? 2. Did you get this job as punishment? 3. How many times have you been article 15'd? 4. Are you a high school graduate?
Ironically, I knew plenty of them who were MP's. Military police, for all intents and purposes, is a dead end career. If you get tired of being constantly on deployment rotation doing the same boring stuff, why not go back to the training environment and lord it over recruits any way you practically please? Of course this information was earned by getting through at least one term of military service, but I'd tell anyone that it's implied that becoming a drill sergeant is more of an expedience to get an NCO out of something but stay in uniform. And that can be a hard call since being a drill sergeant is hardly a rosy experience anyway. Not a few drill sergeants actually hate being drill sergeants, but it beats certain alternatives that have ushered them to it. Very few ones I know, if any, had come from the Guccier MOS's that had more to offer for careerists. It would be hard at best to find drill sergeants who are naturally gifted and talented teachers/coaches/disciplinarians. More than less of them, chances are, couldn't hack it in their first or second MOS.
I don’t know where the pic came from on your cover of the video but the DS in your picture was my DS at Ft. Jackson over a decade ago. He would point at us like that and call it the “creed hand”. If he pointed at you, you had to start reciting the soldiers creed. I will never forget that guy. Small world.
DS are there to teach you. They're there to correct you. If you apologize when corrected, it says you're ashamed of doing something wrong. Why? Did you know it was wrong? So why do it? Are you TRYING to piss him off? Don't be ashamed of messing up. You're in BCT. You're SUPPOSED to mess up. Just don't ever make the same mistake twice.
Also, never, EVER ask personal questions. The smartest thing anyone can do in Basic is keep his mouth shut and not draw attention to himself. Just go into Basic with the mentality that you're going to do what you're told. It really is that simple; they will tell you what to say and do, and how to say and do it.
Be careful about taking initiative in basic. The Drills always want you to do what they tell you and only when they tell you. That includes the platoon getting up earlier to be ready for PT when they enter the barracks for wake up. We did that once and got smoked for it. Although we could tell the Drills were impressed that we took the initiative as a platoon, they hadn´t told us to get up so they smoked us. We never did that again.
I've never been in the military but I had a friend who had trained Canadian soldiers. He told me a story once about recruits who had cleaned their racks and made everything perfect and slept on the floor (or didn't sleep). He and the other Sergeants knew exactly what had happened, and they chewed them out and told them everything was terrible, not because initiative was bad but because they actually wanted them to get the hours of sleep allotted to them. That may have been what happened in your case. They know they are making you wickedly tired, but there's a fine line and they do want you to get the sleep they've told you to get.
"Sir/Ma'am" is reserved for Officers. Enlisted take offense to it because usually lower Officers aren't very educated or at least they are book smart but lack common sense.
Just don't say anything at all. Don't even breathe. They get so set off if you breathe. Hell, don't even move, just play dead. My advice :) Also, if I went into the military, I'd be more scared of not hearing what they're saying more then the DI themselves XD
Fortunately, in Basic, I knew to keep my mouth shut except when being addressed by a Drill Sergeant, or anyone in the cadre, or any superior NCO or officer....period. :) Basic Training is NOT the place you want to try and think you're going to impress the Drill Sergeants. One fellow recruit had said something in Russian to a Drill Sergeant (and this was at the latter part of the Cold War). The Drill Sergeant smoked him but good....and was of course, dressing the poor schmoe down as he was in the "front leaning rest" and knockin' out push ups. "Come on, now...I can't hear you! One-ski, two-ski, three-ski....Let's go! Gimme them Russian numbers!"
This reminded me of my dad. He would tell me the same thing during football practice. He would run us till our legs were shaking. I almost cried. Thanks for the awesome memories. Thank you for your service
I remeber during my basic training one private thought he was smart by saying "my apologies, drill sergeant." And let's just say he didn't make it through basic
What ARE you supposed to say in such a situation? "I have no excuse, Drill Sergeant."? "I'm a worthless maggot, Drill Sergeant"? "How many pushups should I do, Drill Sergeant"?
One time I just said "I wasn't thinking and fucked up hard DS" in a situation that could have fucked my whole day up. He just told me to fix it and get out of his face.
My brother’s drill sergeant is also an Uber driver, and one of his friends ordered an Uber and it was that drill sergeant. He kept calling him as so and the DS goes “I’m not drill Sargent right now, you see that name? I’m cliffe, only cliffe.”
Stood in the rain at the Holder Complex at Ft. Knox 10 feet from cover. I suggested, "Drill, why don't we move these tank tools under the cover and continue class?" "Son, you need to learn right now, it doesn't rain in the Army, it rains on the Army!" ...and I did push-ups for asking.
Holder complex, I was a tanker, and remember holder well, it also rained on us everytime we marched over there, the sun knew we were going so it left...
That is so true. I did my basic at Ft. Ord, CA. ('72/'73). Beautiful weekends, come Monday morning it would be 🌧. When we trained it rained. Even on the rifle range, remember blowing the water out of the sight. Do it over again, HELL YES!
Ft. Jackson's BCT mantra was "Always forward". By the end of the cycle, you can put whatever tone on "Always Forward, Drill Sergeant" to make it sound any way you want. lol. I laughed at those who said "Thank you, D.S." which was always followed up with a DS yelling "Don't thank me! Thank your recruiter!" I was 27 when I enlisted and turned 28 in BCT. On the first day in the bay, the bay DS, a skinny little black guy who was funny as Hell, came out to us lined up around the killzone. I was towards the front. There were 64 of us females. He asks, "Who has ever been arrested for assault?" Being an honest person, I raised my hand (no worries, it was verbal, not physical and it was to the 17 year old who was sleeping with my husband when I had 3 young children) anyways.....I look around without moving my head and see I'm the only one with my hand raised. He grins, points at me, and says, "Great! You're bay boss!" Bay Boss is a complete nightmare. Responsible for all the females, responsible for the bay, no personal time. Towards the end of the cycle, that DS was sitting in his office. I knocked, he told me to enter, asked me what I wanted. I said, "Can I not be Bay Boss anymore, DS?" With a huge grin, he set his pen down and leaned back in his seat. He asked, "What's the matter, PFC? You wanna QUIT?!" I'm a redhead, not a blonde and there was no way he was going to hear the word "quit" from my mouth. I held my head up high while standing at Parade Rest, looked him in the eyes, and said, "No, Drill Sergeant! I would just like to afford the opportunity to someone else!" Now I was grinning. He was trying not to laugh and told me "Negative." I left with a "Always Forward, Drill Sergeant." with a tone of defeat. Later that night, he came out of his office, pointed at me, told me I stole a roll of toilet paper and was now fired as Bay Boss. There were only 2 weeks left. I was confused at first as I didn't steal anything and there was no reason to steal t.p. as it was always stocked, but then I put it together that he did that for me. DS Wynn was freaking AWESOME!!!!!!!
I think Canadians are the nicest people in the world. The US Army likes to make its recruits into the soldiers of the best fighting force in the world.
I found this video to be very informative and very funny. My Dad was US ARMY for a little of 22 years. He was in Cav in the 70s. Then went to jump school and got his wings.... Idk if he became terrified of flying before he started this school or if it was a byproduct he got AFTER that training... He then was given the opportunity to become a Drill Seargent. He did that for 4 years, became Senior Drill Seargent multiple times and at the time you could only be at that MOS for 4 years, that was in the early 80s. He then went I to recruiting til he retired in 98. He still had every bit of that Drill Seargent in him til he died. When you say you got "smoked", my Dad's era had a different name for it, lol, you get to LEAVE basic training after a certain amount of time, trying being the daughter of a Drill Seargent. When I was 6, I hit my brother and was given a bucket of soapy water and toothbrush and told to clean. After he saw that, I thought it was FUN and was enjoying using a toothbrush to clean the floor, I was called back and was taught how to throw a proper punch. When he retired I was 10, he was having trouble with civilian life, I made the mistake of telling him that we, his kids, weren't his soldiers, we were his CHILDREN, STOP ording us around. OMG BIG MISTAKE... He was livid, the eyes were popping out of his head, you could see every vein in his neck, he was millimeters away from my face, pointing at me, his spit flying all over me, yelling. Being the stubborn child, a basic copy of himself, I didn't show any emotion, I didn't bend, flinch... Well, until he left the house and then started to hyperventilate. Lol. When I started high school, I wanted to join the military, I was way too young but wanted a head start. The Army recruiters were NEVER at least our school, but the Navy/Marine Corp recruiters were. I foolishly gave the Navy recruiter my contact information, I explained I was too young to sign on but you love to have the opportunity to do any training to help me become a better and stronger individual. That I had NOT decided on which branch to join. I got home and Navy called and left a message on our answering machine about how excited he was to help me and could we schedule a time to meet with him. My Dad was beyond livid. Imagine your Drill Seargent wanting to whatever he is allowed to do, short of killing you. It was a repeat of the episode when I was 10. He told me if I wanted to join the military, he'd give me a good taste of it. He didn't want me to join the military at the time, so he was mad I went behind his back and seemed even more upset that I talked to NAVY FIRST!!!!??? Every branch thinks they are better than the next. Turns out a month after all that happened I found out I had a tumor in my brain and had to have brain surgery. It crushed every dream I ever had. 9/11 happened after that and that made have a lot of guilt. My friends, joined up, shipped out, many killed. I was an Army brat, my Dad knew how to train soldiers, none of my friends would interact with my Dad because he scared the crap out of all of them, if they couldn't deal with a guy like him in a civilian setting, I can only imagine the horror they encountered at reception and during Basic. I felt I could handle whatever the Drill Seargent dished out, I lived with one for my entire life, I knew the mental games and other crap they could dish out! One of my favorite memories is when a cocky 16 year old classmate, a male, FRIEND, came over and my Dad wasn't fond of his attitude. He went, got his weapon (unloaded), decided it was the ideal time to be cleaned and preceeded to field shrip it as fast as he could, all the while staring him down. This boy NEVER talked to me or came over again. In fact no boy every came over after said event. The football players were afraid to make eye contact with him after that, he helped coaching our high school football team, which I thought was funny, these over 6 foot kids who were taller than my Dad, bigger than him. When he talked they ALL listened, when he told them to go do something, they did it without making a fuss, other coaches couldn't get the team to shut up and stop whining. He was the first coach who could do all the training WITH the team AND do it better. If he asked for 40 push ups, 30 jumping jacks, running, he'd do MORE than that amount. He said he would NEVER ask someone to do something he could not do himself. I think that's why, until his heart attack and death, he was still in contact with over 3 dozen men and women he trained or commanded while he was a Drill Seargent and Recruiter. The memories this video brought back. Thank you!
God bless him and may his soul rip.I wasn't born American. But my wife and son made me one all d way from Nigeria.I love American Marine but im forty and sad I won't ever be considered. My wife happy though.God bless America.
That super sucks about the brain tumor. I was set on an army linguistics career, did really well on all the tests. I had a full army rotc scholarship but decided I wanted to go enlisted route instead. I was impatient and wanted to get on things lol. Then one day I collapsed at 19 years old and we found out I have a congenital heart problem that doesn't manifest until late teens /early 20's. RIP my dreams. I've adapted and had and have new dreams now, but I'm still a bit wistful about my first dream of being a soldier. Your dad sounds like he was a double handful and awesome at the same time ^^
The best thing I saw was guy on CQ fell asleep sitting straight up in a chair when the sog came in he heard him and woke up and he got away with it because he didn't open his eyes right away and then said amen and did the sign of the cross
The reason why a Drill Sergeant doesn't like being call Sir or Ma'am, is because it's not there rank. Sir/ma'am, are on the officer side. Just pretty much getting them used to rank, especially those that don't understand. It's not about offended, there's reasons on why Drills tell trainees to do certain things. Just sticking to the standard! Good video bud!
Michael Felix I’m 42A, HR specialist, yup I sit behind desks but guess what else I do? yup that’s right jump outta planes cause airborne all the way baby.
My Drill Sargent took me aside and told me that the Enemy will not appauligise for killing me so Stop saying you are sorry. This is not the Hilton do not hold the door for me I can open ad and close my own door. And stop saying please and thank you. We are NOT at a church social Private. LMBO HHHAAAAAHHHHHHAAAAA
I told both of my kids when they went to boot camp. No matter what you do, it will be wrong, if by some miracle you do it right, you didn’t do it fast enough.
Brecconable The Army and Marines do their Basic Trainings differently. In Marines Basic Training, DIs will demand that you call them Sir or Ma'am, and that goes for nearly every personel higher in rank than you. They have earned that level of respect by earning the title of Marines and earning the title of Drill Instructor. You WILL call them Sir/Ma'am, IF you are in Marines Basic Training, to my knowledge Army Soldiers only call them by their proper rank, as Sir isnt in their vocabulary. In the Army, you call your Drill Sergeant, Drill Sergeant. Do NOT call them Sir, they will chew your ass off if you call them Sir. They have earned the title of Drill Sergeant and thats what you will call them
Drill Sgt. Parrot, Drill Sgt. Alford, Drill Sgt. Riddell, Drill Sgt. Alford of Charlie Company 1-19 Ft. Benning GA Graduation date of December 15th, 2006 hated y'all while I was there but much respect and love from me after for making me the man I am today!
There are 3 things you can say to a DS:
- Yes, Drill Sergeant
- No, Drill Sergeant
- Moving, Drill Sergeant
Back in '78 when I went through BCT you DID NOT address the Drill Sergeant as "Drill Sergeant", you addressed them by their actual rank (Sergeant, Staff Sergeant, Sergeant First Class, etc.). They would remind you that Drill Sergeant was their job, not their title... usually by allowing you to do push-ups until they got tired.
Jerry G You can say Sup
asdf is that a porn scenario
aye aye drill sergeant
Coming Drill Sergeant is my favorite at the responses you get :D
DS: DO NOT CALL ME SIR!
Me: Yes ma'am.
Nella Deraj how to get killed 101
Nella Deraj funny, but that's a great way to get fucked up.
You'd be doing push ups for a year straight
Nice one
I've never been in the military, but I can tell if I was.......you would be the guy that accidentally fell and smashed his head on the bunk.
" No worries drill sergeant, we tucked him in. He was tired!"
DS: Don't say sorry.
Me: My bad. I apologize.
Best answer actually, just follow up with drill sergeant
Yea. Actually worked for me.
Darius Durandal I’m pretty sure the best response would be aye sir, right? Idk I’m legit asking
Pretty much a more mature way to to say sorry anyway thats also might be why
@@vondada9225 in the Marine Corps, yes. In the Army, no. Marines should only say "Yes, sir" "No, sir" and "Aye sir" unless you're asking a question or asked a question
"I saw you on tinder drill sargent"
lmao
tinder wasnt a thing when i was in service, so i dont know how badly a DS would react lmao
Private! Why were you on Tinder in the first place?
I'd love to see how that conversation went
Oh my
"If a drill sergeant gets in my face, I'll drop that mother ******"
I love hearing that one.
Joshua Lennep Lmfao
But hes a drill whatever he cannot handle the truth
My brother said that i just laughed
We had a very small in stature drill sergeant in A.I.T. He also had a very big chip on his shoulder and a serious case of small guy syndrome. He was not very liked by the soldiers because he would smoke you for anything. Sleeves were rolled a half an inch to long/short 2 hour grass drill. Sneeze or cough while he was talking, you’d get smoked for half an hour. My AIT was 32 weeks long and I was the platoon guide for 31 of those 32 weeks. I didn’t care to much for the position to much but one of the few perks it offered was I got to have my own room in the drill sgts office. Now before I go on my class was the last class this drill sgt was going to have as he had gotten 2 dwis and was not going to able to re-enlist for 3 years. So myself and him got to be fairly good friends. At least as friends as a drill Sgt could be with a trainee. He relayed to me in no certain circumstances that this small drill sgt was not liked at all by any of the drill sgts. Around week 10 or 11 one of my class mates slipped on some ice during morning pt. This drill sgt smoked him. The soldier then reported to me after pt that he thought that he had hurt his ankle during his fall. I reported to my drill sgt what had happened. My drill sgt sent the young soldier to the tmc to get his ankle checked out. Turned out that he had actually broken 2 minor bones in his ankle. He was taken out of class for 3 days and was bed ridden for like 7 days. Little man drill sgt found out about this and was calling the guy weak and a tag baby and a wimp. One of the guys in my platoon took issue with this and him and the D.I. Got into a very heated argument. The d.i. Told him to meet him in the 4 th floor shower at 10 pm. Normally if a D.I. Does this and your stupid enough to show up your going to get smoked by about 6 drill sgts. In this case though none of the little guys friends showed up. Needless to say he got his ass handed to him. The private that was fighting him must have had a background in boxing or some sort of martial arts. He did not leave a single mark on the D.I.s face. At the next morning pt you could tell he was hurt pretty bad though. In fact he could almost not walk. Soon after that he was transferred out of our unit. Nothing was ever said again about the incident. To this day I still don’t know how there was not any sort of investigation or charges brought forward on either the D.I. Or the private who was involved in the fight. I guess the whole thing was just ignored because no one liked the little D.I.
You're not bad.
A Drill Sergeant told one of my battle buddies to slap himself in the face multiple times for calling him sir since he couldn't touch him lol it was hilarious
I wonder if a private would have to actually follow that order.
That's because we aren't as barbaric anymore and that's a good thing.
They stopped the hitting even before i was in 1972-4.
Marco Bering What do you think? :|
Manuel Cotto I would have slapped your friend for free for the drill sergeant and called your friend the c word many times (to test him and to see if he would get offended). I’m a female so I’m allowed to say c*nt all I want. Americans are just not used to hearing that word. It’s a normal word for me. I think the ds should use the c word more often. My great grandfather would have. He makes these drill sergeants look nice. My great grandfather would probably have terrorized them 10x more if he was alive today.
Most importantly, do not say “What’s up Sir?”
"RUN!"
Run
RUN
Run
Run
"Why did you join the army ?
For free hunting cloths
You have to pay for the uniforms. Funny joke though.🤣🤣
@@khi437 oof
I was always told hunters have the hardest time qualifying for marksmanship
Best one 😂
Mekhi Terry no you dont
“What’s up sir?”
Caleb Otero Then proceed to give them a hug.
Caleb Otero RUUUUUNNNN
Caleb Otero .....Run.
Caleb Otero
Wassup sarge
Sup homie.
Don't address with sir or ma'am.
Don't apologize.
Don't lie.
Don't watch others get smoked.
Don't ask for instructions a second time.
Don't address with first or surname.
To add... Don't laugh!
Cosmo Politan Wym don't watch other get smoke?
@@QuanBrown27 Smoked, meaning getting physical training as punishment.
There was a CO in my basic that would smile at trainees and smoke the sht out of them if they smiled back.
I don't think it was about not apologizing. We just had to say, "I'M sorry, Drill Sgt." But I learned it was far better to say, "No excuses, Drill Sgt."
Cosmo Politan how would you address a different drill sergeant without saying their name?
"Don't lie to your drill sergeant" I'm thinking of that soldier that got caught sleeping on field duty and lied straight to his face.
I remember that he probably got smoked for decades
LOL
My brother shouldn’t enlist because he has done that to me multiple times. He would be snoring and I would wake him up and he all made and yells, “ I WASNT SLEEPING”
@Humble & Deadly They can either burn hot or burn cold. He sounded like a cold-burning one...
Sorry for the late reply. I was going over my METT-TC's in my head, Drill Sergeant.
Should’ve told him he was praying
Me: *inhales**
DS: What do you think you're doing?!
Me: *gets smoked**
I can understand that. If you're shooting a rifle, controlling your breathing is a big part of taking aim and firing.
I remember one guy saying "yeah" to DS in basic training. That guy got smoked by every DS within 1 mile radius.
Hahahaa
I know he was sick sL 😅😂
Okay, I don’t know anything about the military, so this may be completely stupid of me to ask, but what on earth is ‘smoking’ in this context
@@jq1522 PT. Exercise. From as little as 30 seconds to as long as 2 hours and on some rare occasions All damn day
Wym by smoked??
I went through Basic with the theory of the 3Ns and I never got in trouble
Never Ask
Never Explain
Never Complain
You are a smart one girl.... me ehh not so smart, showed up tattooed, and muscular automatic target.
i hope i will be as successful as u
Thanks.
And never volunteer
@@randyhooks1214 why?
me: i’m truly sorry
DS: don’t apologize to me!!1!
me: oh sorry i forgot
😂🤣😂
😂😂😂😂😂
*gets smoked*
Canadian military training is HELL because of this. :p
I'm sorry Sir, but I disagree about lying. By the way Joe, could you repeat that?
Rip
Joe lmao
Utoh........
Anddddd fatality at basic
Are you trying to attract a seabear, you monster?
"chill nigga"
Bleach wassup drill sergeant?
yo what's poppin drill sergeant you good my nigga?
Bruh I can just imagine someone saying that non-chalantly to a DS. 😂 So funny.
"What's up drill?, how's yo mother?"
“run”
“It’s a jelly doughnut, sir!”
I’m am gunnery Sargent Hartman your senior drill instructor
Derpy_Dolphin7313 from now on you will speak only when spoken to, and the first and last words out of your filthy sewers will be “sir.” Do you maggots understand that?
Ahhh my favorite movie
CaptainFireBall1 __________________ Bull* I can’t hear you sound off like you got a pair!
Nemo Chicky Sir Yes Sir!
Don't say
"Is that you John Wayne? Is this me?"
Angel wick city im gonna call you privatw joker
Who said that? Who the f*$% said that?!
Who's the C*** S***** just sign is death warrant?
@@scarlettemarie6619Sir I said it sir!
Who said that, who is the slimy communist little @#$#$$%%%%% that just signed his death certificate?!
I had a kid in my platoon the first day of getting to BCT say “okie dokie” to my drill sergeant.
How bad was it.
Wow... what an idiot XD
Oh god
Chad
PRIVATE GET ON THE FUC**** LINE
Okie dokie
You do not 'talk to'a Drill Sergeant ... You ANSWER or REQUEST INFORMATION.
that's it... full stop... nothing follows.
Exactly!
James Brady silence is compliance lol.
Chris H,
The noisy soldier draws fire... to him and others around him.
This can be the 'push-up grenade' during training (everyone within 30 feet of Pvt. Motor-mouth gets smoked)😰😭... Or a real grenade on patrol.💀🤕 Not so LOL.
The purpose to the pain in training is so you can laugh after combat.
I know you were joking, but that does show you're a potential Pvt. Motor-mouth. It is better to practice the subtle art of 'ghosting' for as long as possible where Drill Sergeants (and other trainers) are concerned, and with Headshed Personal once you get to your unit of assignment.
Observe the Sham Shields, they got it down to a sciene. Once you make NCO?... That fun is done son, welcome to the world of responsibility.
88'-94' played that game, and what horrible 'fun' it was. RLTW 😉
James Brady I was the quiet one in the back of formation. Personally thought BCT was fun. It's not the same as when you went through, our DS's made it a point to remind us of that fact on a daily basis. Don't get me wrong I love the Army but I don't think I'll be in long enough to make it past specialist. "Silence is compliance" is something my Drill used to say a lot. Thank you for your service.
Perhaps I was an exception to the rule, but by the time I finished my BT I was on a first name basis with most of the cadre in my unit. We would often talk about stuff in general. I found out where some good bass fishing spots were from several of the sergeants. My 1st Sergeant was an amateur (ham) radio operator, and I had a background in communications, so we would often talk about radio technology and MARS (Military Affiliate Radio Service). Even my company commander and training officer were known to shoot the bull with me on occasion. However, this was never in the presence of other trainees. I respected the men/women and their ranks and treated them accordingly in the 'public' eye.
"Thank you Drill Sergeant"
"Don't thank me thank your recruiter."
*low crawling back and forth over hot sand*
DS yells "Your recruiter lied to you HAHAHAHA" over and over again.
"You start the sentence with my name and last name is DRILL SEARGENT FIRST! THEN SENTENCE!!!"
Oh yes another common response from a DI at Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri fall 1986.
“Thank your recruiter for a daily double decker as whooping, recruit.”
My brother got slapped with this spicy boy on his first day.
ICONIC! My drill sergeants said this all the time
Army- don’t call me sir
Marines- SCREAM AYE AYE SIR
DS: "which drill sergeant"
Me: "the strict one that doesnt like being called sir"
*gets smoked*
DS: "Which drill sergeant?"
Me: "The ugly one."
I was one of those guys who used my drill sergeants name, and one of the other drill sergeants heard me. it was one of the worst mistakes I've ever made. I became good friends with the ground that day.
Hahahaha
The ground won't let you down. Unless it's quicksand or there's a landslide or earthquake lol
My son referred to his DS by his last name, forgetting to add Drill Sergeant first. Needless to say, after being ear fucked by three DS's at the same time, he also became very good friends with the ground; even being left alone in a field to continue his push-ups until another DS came back to get him. Lesson learned. 😉
That was always a hard one for me, if it wasn't senior ds and they wanted to know which ds put out or said something
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4 words that can set a DS off; “Sir, where’s my rifle?”
Yeah that’s definitely true
That'll get you FUCKED UP! I remember we were cleaning our weapons after a day at the range and I was cleaning the rust off my selector switch so my weapon was on semi, even though the lower receiver was separated from the upper receiver. Didn't matter. My Drill Sergeant wasn't having ANY of that. My ass was squatting for 20+ minutes straight holding my rifle out in front of me with my charging handle pulled to the rear with only my index finger and thumb. But guess what I never did again?
DS: *triggered*
One of my drill sergeants never got pissed off if someone accidentally called them "sir" but he would still correct them. He always said that he could tell who was raised right by this
“Dont say sorry” as a canadian civillian all i can say is WE CANT SAY SORRY? WHATS NEXT ARE WE NOT ALLOWED TO SAY EH?
Blank Blood yes your not allowed to say Eh
Aboot
Lmao😂 I’m American but I CONSTANTLY say sorry, I fully agree with this
Not very funny but okay
Dad Nn lighten up
"Im sorry Petty Officer"
"Im not a sorry petty officer, youre a sorry recruit!"
Ahhh, bad memories
Gerami Hooyah!
My favorite at RTC was "im coming" i heard one guy say that. My god he got roasted
Lol I fucked up with “I’m sorry “ SO MANY times
So if Tom Petty was a Petty officer.... uh oh called him by name. I know lame joke...
Jacques Derbes "you better not be be fucking cumming in my compartment"
Me: Sorry Drill Sergeant
Drill Sergeant: IM NOT A SORRY DRILL SERGEANT, MAYBE YOUR JUST A SORRY TRAINEE
Me: O.o
I made that mistake ......just ones
Loolll I’m in the Navy and you heard people say sorry chief😂 “I’m not a sorry chief you’re just a sorry fucking recruit”😂
"Sorry again,drill sergeant
Matt Smith wtf bruh😂
@Matt Smith They obviously know come on man.
This should be a 10 hour video
Lots of things can get them pissed off
Your very existence pisses them off.
Yeah but there is a difference between taking an excuse to get angry so they can smoke you or make you do whatever it was they always intended to make you do, and actually ticking off the sergeant. Its like the difference between your locker actually being dirty and the ever infamous invisible dust. One is going to actually make them angry, the other is them pushing you to try harder or whatever.
1. Don’t call them sir/ma’am, call them “drill sergeant”
2. Don’t say “sorry”
3. don’t disagree with them, just do whatever they order
4. don’t ever lie to them
(side note: don’t look at someone getting smoked, or else a DS will see you and could smoke you)
5. never ask a drill sergeant something more than once. always ask questions when your DS asks, don’t wait until it’s too late.
(tip: never ever call a drill sergeant by his/her name. always call them “drill sergeant” or “my head drill sergeant” or if it’s one DS to another, do anything to describe them, without using their name)
your welcome
Don't touch the drill sergeant's hat!!!
7 Gapstanders this is true
It's kinda like calling your 7th grade teacher by her first name
7 Gapstanders *DID I ASK YOU TO REPEAT WHAT I SAID?! HALF RIGHT!*
It used to be sir or mam still sergeants used to be called
Never say sir
Never say sorry
Never disobey
Never lie
Never ask them something more than once later after DS ask "do anyone have any questions?"
Never called DS by name
deej kingz i lucked out during the repel i called my ds by his name and he turned and i asked him a question and he just answered
yomama isaniceperson Everybody different, if I was a DS. And me personally if you do what you have to do and behave I really don't give af then. That simple to me but it is what it is.
You wanna fucking cookie?
deej kingz so that’s 6 things not to do/say. Not 5 right? Lol
Thank you for summarising. Very useful.
#6 "Is that you, John Wayne? Is this me?"
A Dumb Edgy Name Swear to God somebody did that in my basic at Ft Benning and boy was it a bad night for the infantry...especially since we were getting our CQ brief
I literally just got done watching Full Metal Jacket😂
A Dumb Edgy Name funniest comment yet 😂
The fairy-fucking-godmother said it!
private: Sorry drill Sargent sir!
Drill: So you have chosen death.
I wonder if drill sergeants actually used that meme.
my favorite one from my time at Jackson. "You have a beautiful smile drill sergeant"
Five things you never say to a Drill Sargent:
1. I don't have to...
2. I don't want to...
3. You're not my real dad Francis!
4. Don't tell me what to do!
5. You kiss you wife with that mouth?
Bonus tip: Don't poke/slap/kick/ noogi your Drill Sargent unless you'd like a serious whoopin.
Good luck.
I got smoked for just reading that.
I'll noogi whoever I want!
You mean sergeant?
If you want a slow death, Poke the drill srgnt
But what about a wet Willy?
People might think that this is all common sense stuff that you would do anyway. But when you have a drill instructor screaming in your face you would be amazed at how quick common sense flies out the window! I actually had the nerve to say "What?" when I didn't hear an order and I got reamed for about fifteen minutes! Lol. Best thing to do in basic is just roll with it. Put yourself in the drill instructors hands because that's exactly where he wants you to be. You belong to him or her until you graduate basic. Don't think, just do. And don't take anything personally. If you do then you are going to be miserable.
Orc Man best advice ever. It’s so simple most can’t comprehend it lol. But they’ll be fit AF
breath, watch, listen, act
I took it personal with two of them, and made sure they remembered in an email I sent them almost a year after I graduated. I ended up getting slapped on the wrist for misusing government email, mainly because that was the only rule I broke. Long story short, I took swipes at how they failed and how I succeeded in spite of them. Just those two; the other ones either did their jobs properly or didn't do their jobs improperly with malice.
I was good at rolling with what I could and taking my lumps with grace, but it got to a point where that wasn't enough.
Your videos on the culture within Army Basic Training are very informative. I was an enlisted Marine during the Desert Shield/Storm era, and there are a fair share of similarities and differences in what is expected and transpires between the two branches when it specifically comes to training. Thank you for that.
Me: *Dont tell me what to do*
Drill Srgnt: *Get in your grave boy*
For those who do not know what "getting smoked" means, he is referring to a lengthy session of intense physical exercise. There are a number of reasons why a person, team, squad, platoon might get smoked. Usually a smoke session is used as a disciplinary measure, but sometimes they will smoke you to test how well you can think under duress. Drill Sergeants are masters of mental gymnastics and will yell at you and ask questions trying to get you to slip up so they can smoke you harder. This is not because they hate you, but to condition your mind, as well as your body, for combat. Of course there are the days where the Drill Sergeant is in a bad mood and wants to watch the world burn. On those days, well, it sucks to be you, but on the bright side, the harder he works you the quicker he will get it out of his system and leave you alone.
In the late phases of Basic Training the "typical" smoke session is treated more like a game than a punishment and can actually be a lot of fun. That being said, since it is the later phases, you'll be expected not to do dumb shit so if you're nearing graduation and you pull a Red Phase stunt, expect all hell to break loose.
Pro Tip: Smoking is going to happen and it's going to happen a lot in Basic. You're not going to hurt yourself, you're not going to die and you sure as hell are not going to get out of getting smoked. The Drill Sergeants are professionals and know how hard to push a soldier. All you have to do is obey them and give 100%. Smoke sessions last a lot longer when you half-ass them. Also, you'll find out how bad smokings can really be once you get to your permanent duty station and your team or squad leader has a go at you, so enjoy the smokings in basic while you can.
Here's one not to say for sure, "Notice me senpai, notice me".
TheCbrown146 why, he WILL notice you for sure.
You might not want him to notice you.
*here because I know my mouth gonna get me in trouble* 😂😂
My dude if you where in training you wouldn't be on your phone atm 😂
@@childsupportrockstargaming7639 he meant here at the video before training my guy
Pretty sure its a girl. Lmfao stop assuming
@@t4k1ng52 .....I guess I do look sorta like a dude in my profile pic 😂
Veni Vidi Amavi 😂
One of my friends at Basic got smoked and he got fired from PL because he formed up the platoon and when Drill Sergeant came up and asked him if the men were formed, he answered "YUP!"... He attracted every DS in the area as if he had 5 stars on GTA.
5 things never to say to a DI, USMC version.
1: Anything
2: Anything
3: Anything
4: Anything
5: Anything
Odal Rune good tips man. I’ll keep that in mind
SEMPER FI
You forgot number 6. Nothing.
I disagree, if I'm ever given an order that I don't completely understand I'm going to say I don't understand would you repeat that sir? I might get my butt chewed out but so what. better to do that than mess up and get someone hurt. Vietnam vet
Odal Rune 5yr
"DON'T CALL ME SIR, i WORK FOR A LIVING!!"
That one I will never forget from my days at Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri fall 1986.
LMFAO DEF!!!!
Full metal jacket
Sir is what you call worthless peopl!!
Also spoken in Stripes by Warren Oates
Matt: Do not _ever_ say you're sorry
Sorry, dude. I'm Canadian
“drill sergeant, i can’t find my battle buddy”
I think he has my rifle. Not sure though, its been gone for awhile.
I'm Canadian and I say sorry after everything.
democraticmyass same with the Dutch
democraticmyass only in Canada would the drill sergeant say sorry to you lol
That's because you actually are. Sorry that is.
You lie democraticmyass, you didn't say sorry at the end of you comment. Sorry for pointing that out, by the way.
Suory actually
A few more things you may not want to ask your Drill Sgt.
1. Is this your first day on the job?
2. Did you get this job as punishment?
3. How many times have you been article 15'd?
4. Are you a high school graduate?
You can ask this stuff if you really want to DIE!
@@collinsje5 yes
5. S’up, ma nigga?
Get an article 15 and be a DS lol
Ironically, I knew plenty of them who were MP's. Military police, for all intents and purposes, is a dead end career. If you get tired of being constantly on deployment rotation doing the same boring stuff, why not go back to the training environment and lord it over recruits any way you practically please?
Of course this information was earned by getting through at least one term of military service, but I'd tell anyone that it's implied that becoming a drill sergeant is more of an expedience to get an NCO out of something but stay in uniform. And that can be a hard call since being a drill sergeant is hardly a rosy experience anyway. Not a few drill sergeants actually hate being drill sergeants, but it beats certain alternatives that have ushered them to it.
Very few ones I know, if any, had come from the Guccier MOS's that had more to offer for careerists. It would be hard at best to find drill sergeants who are naturally gifted and talented teachers/coaches/disciplinarians. More than less of them, chances are, couldn't hack it in their first or second MOS.
*Looks at the soldiers getting literally smoked*
Drill Sergeant: *Smiles Scarily*
Still Drill Sergeant: "Want to join the fun?!"
No thank you sir, I think I am fine with my eyes thank you sir
As a 2nd Lt: "You're supposed to salute me!"
Another tip: if your drill instructor looks like the hamburgler. Dont say "rumble rumble" when there back is turned.
I thought you knew
their*
Thank you for your service@@grammarnazi7428
@EJT6503 you honestly dont get it
EJT6503 somebody needs a nap
@grammarnazi 😂
No wonder why they don't allow me in the military, I'm hard of hearing and I be saying what, what, what, what.........
DAViD they are only pathic and weak
alex reyes just go for it
alex reyes where are your tattoos?
Do they speak english?
Reminds me of pulp fiction, say what one more time!!!!! LoLoLoL
I don’t know where the pic came from on your cover of the video but the DS in your picture was my DS at Ft. Jackson over a decade ago. He would point at us like that and call it the “creed hand”. If he pointed at you, you had to start reciting the soldiers creed. I will never forget that guy. Small world.
"Sorry, drill sergeant."
You're calling me a sorry drill sergeant?
You have to tell him he’s not hearing your comma 😉
" I've always found you very attractive drill sergeant", see how you get along with that one.
Compliment him on his uniform. Ask him what you have to do to be a drill sergeant like him.
+Donald Clifford... Teachers pet ;-)
Tell him the cut of his uniform is very chic.
That's called a sharp 😂
Lol
DS are there to teach you. They're there to correct you. If you apologize when corrected, it says you're ashamed of doing something wrong. Why? Did you know it was wrong? So why do it? Are you TRYING to piss him off?
Don't be ashamed of messing up. You're in BCT. You're SUPPOSED to mess up. Just don't ever make the same mistake twice.
Yup. Just accept the fact that nothing you do will ever be right, especially the first 2 weeks during Red Phase.
Soldier: SIR YES SIR
Drill sergeants: IT’S MA’AM
Soldier: YES SI- MA’AM
Yes yes ma'am?
child support ROCKSTAR GAMING (47up) MA’AM YES MA’AM
IT IS MA'AM!!! 🙍🏼♀️
YOU CALL YO MOMMA POPPA?!
Had a guy during shark attack say “yes staff sergeant” 💀
We gather here today to remember private Miller...
Also, never, EVER ask personal questions. The smartest thing anyone can do in Basic is keep his mouth shut and not draw attention to himself. Just go into Basic with the mentality that you're going to do what you're told. It really is that simple; they will tell you what to say and do, and how to say and do it.
Be careful about taking initiative in basic. The Drills always want you to do what they tell you and only when they tell you. That includes the platoon getting up earlier to be ready for PT when they enter the barracks for wake up. We did that once and got smoked for it. Although we could tell the Drills were impressed that we took the initiative as a platoon, they hadn´t told us to get up so they smoked us. We never did that again.
I've never been in the military but I had a friend who had trained Canadian soldiers. He told me a story once about recruits who had cleaned their racks and made everything perfect and slept on the floor (or didn't sleep). He and the other Sergeants knew exactly what had happened, and they chewed them out and told them everything was terrible, not because initiative was bad but because they actually wanted them to get the hours of sleep allotted to them. That may have been what happened in your case. They know they are making you wickedly tired, but there's a fine line and they do want you to get the sleep they've told you to get.
When a drill sargent tells you to do something it's always good to ask him "why."
Or ask, "Do I have to?" They love recruits who dare to question them. Shows you have guts!
NEVER TELL THEM YOU CAN'T.... That is some serious trouble.
Boomers: kids these days are so fragile.
>gets triggered at being called sir
DSs are not boomers.
Unless they were field artillery.
They're teaching military customs and courtesies in the quickest possible way.
"Sir/Ma'am" is reserved for Officers. Enlisted take offense to it because usually lower Officers aren't very educated or at least they are book smart but lack common sense.
Also it's not Triggered. It's called becoming a solider/Airman/Sailor/Guard/Marine. It's not a fragile ideal.
NEVER LIE TO A DRILL SERGEANT.
Odd I would have thought number one would be.. "Chill with the yelling dude I am right here."
😂
Just don't say anything at all. Don't even breathe. They get so set off if you breathe. Hell, don't even move, just play dead. My advice :)
Also, if I went into the military, I'd be more scared of not hearing what they're saying more then the DI themselves XD
Hula McFlyer lmao “don’t even breath “
Don't say "I don't have a battle buddy"
Lol, They used to say "Don't call me Sir, I work for a living!"
They still do.
In the Navy, I heard that in the fleet much more than in boot camp.
Fortunately, in Basic, I knew to keep my mouth shut except when being addressed by a Drill Sergeant, or anyone in the cadre, or any superior NCO or officer....period. :)
Basic Training is NOT the place you want to try and think you're going to impress the Drill Sergeants. One fellow recruit had said something in Russian to a Drill Sergeant (and this was at the latter part of the Cold War). The Drill Sergeant smoked him but good....and was of course, dressing the poor schmoe down as he was in the "front leaning rest" and knockin' out push ups. "Come on, now...I can't hear you! One-ski, two-ski, three-ski....Let's go! Gimme them Russian numbers!"
One-ski, two-ski, three-ski - As a Russian, I want a petition to turn those into our numbers.
@@ihatethisusernameupdate Dasvidanya, commie.
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I'm ded lol
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“Don’t call me sir, I work for a living.” That’s the response I always got.
This reminded me of my dad. He would tell me the same thing during football practice. He would run us till our legs were shaking. I almost cried. Thanks for the awesome memories. Thank you for your service
What not to say to a drill Sargent " yes sir I was collaborating with Islamic states"
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Matt Ward 😂🤣
Naw, you can probably get away with that. You won't like your new nickname, but they'll see through your bullshit.
why not? Osama Binladen was in reality a FBI Agent
Sure, sure, sure, and the alien love child of Martha Stewart and Joe Kennedy.
I remeber during my basic training one private thought he was smart by saying "my apologies, drill sergeant." And let's just say he didn't make it through basic
What ARE you supposed to say in such a situation? "I have no excuse, Drill Sergeant."? "I'm a worthless maggot, Drill Sergeant"? "How many pushups should I do, Drill Sergeant"?
One time I just said "I wasn't thinking and fucked up hard DS" in a situation that could have fucked my whole day up. He just told me to fix it and get out of his face.
@@jasonmcdaniel345 no excuses drill sergeant is actually a better thing to say than sorry
What do you actually say, if you mess up?
Clay Allison Nothing just take what’s coming
I saw my drill sergeant taking a piss and I said "What up dawg?". It was game over for my entire company.
My brother’s drill sergeant is also an Uber driver, and one of his friends ordered an Uber and it was that drill sergeant. He kept calling him as so and the DS goes “I’m not drill Sargent right now, you see that name? I’m cliffe, only cliffe.”
Stood in the rain at the Holder Complex at Ft. Knox 10 feet from cover. I suggested, "Drill, why don't we move these tank tools under the cover and continue class?" "Son, you need to learn right now, it doesn't rain in the Army, it rains on the Army!" ...and I did push-ups for asking.
Holder complex, I was a tanker, and remember holder well, it also rained on us everytime we marched over there, the sun knew we were going so it left...
That is so true. I did my basic at Ft. Ord, CA. ('72/'73). Beautiful weekends, come Monday morning it would be 🌧. When we trained it rained. Even on the rifle range, remember blowing the water out of the sight. Do it over again, HELL YES!
Private me "Sorry, Drill Sergeant." Drill Sergeant "ARE YOU CALLING ME SORRY DRILL SERGEANT FUCKSTICK?!!!"
"We friends now? We buddies? No ur gunna get smoked" lol
Ft. Jackson's BCT mantra was "Always forward". By the end of the cycle, you can put whatever tone on "Always Forward, Drill Sergeant" to make it sound any way you want. lol. I laughed at those who said "Thank you, D.S." which was always followed up with a DS yelling "Don't thank me! Thank your recruiter!" I was 27 when I enlisted and turned 28 in BCT. On the first day in the bay, the bay DS, a skinny little black guy who was funny as Hell, came out to us lined up around the killzone. I was towards the front. There were 64 of us females. He asks, "Who has ever been arrested for assault?" Being an honest person, I raised my hand (no worries, it was verbal, not physical and it was to the 17 year old who was sleeping with my husband when I had 3 young children) anyways.....I look around without moving my head and see I'm the only one with my hand raised. He grins, points at me, and says, "Great! You're bay boss!" Bay Boss is a complete nightmare. Responsible for all the females, responsible for the bay, no personal time. Towards the end of the cycle, that DS was sitting in his office. I knocked, he told me to enter, asked me what I wanted. I said, "Can I not be Bay Boss anymore, DS?" With a huge grin, he set his pen down and leaned back in his seat. He asked, "What's the matter, PFC? You wanna QUIT?!" I'm a redhead, not a blonde and there was no way he was going to hear the word "quit" from my mouth. I held my head up high while standing at Parade Rest, looked him in the eyes, and said, "No, Drill Sergeant! I would just like to afford the opportunity to someone else!" Now I was grinning. He was trying not to laugh and told me "Negative." I left with a "Always Forward, Drill Sergeant." with a tone of defeat. Later that night, he came out of his office, pointed at me, told me I stole a roll of toilet paper and was now fired as Bay Boss. There were only 2 weeks left. I was confused at first as I didn't steal anything and there was no reason to steal t.p. as it was always stocked, but then I put it together that he did that for me. DS Wynn was freaking AWESOME!!!!!!!
"Sir" is reserved for officers, not noncoms. One of my DS's told me, "Don't you 'Sir' me! I work for a living!"
That phrase was use daily when I was at ft bennig
Don't call me sir, I work for a living.
Aaron Perez I don't get it?
If I like you, you can call me Sarge. But guess what? I DON'T LIKE YOU!
~Drill Sergeant Arch Dornan, Fallout 2
Moron.
Thats what they say in the reserves.
Comision ofisers are Sir... everyone els is just their rank
Me:"Sir, yes, sir!"
Drill Sergeant:" *I AM NOT A SIR, I WORK FOR A LIVING! YOU MO-RON! "*
"yes sir drill sergeant!" *Dead pan stare* "the f*** did you call me?!"
"Drill sergeant?"
"I hate the honesty of you southern boys, push."
That's interesting. Because in Canada, saying sorry is really emphasized.
Even in the military?
You don't say sorry in the military. It shows weakness. Apoligize for nothing. Move on.
I think Canadians are the nicest people in the world. The US Army likes to make its recruits into the soldiers of the best fighting force in the world.
@@benjamingentry2866 Canadian soldiers (just after basic) are better trained than American ones
Especially in England °^° I probably wouldn't even last a day
I found this video to be very informative and very funny. My Dad was US ARMY for a little of 22 years. He was in Cav in the 70s. Then went to jump school and got his wings.... Idk if he became terrified of flying before he started this school or if it was a byproduct he got AFTER that training... He then was given the opportunity to become a Drill Seargent. He did that for 4 years, became Senior Drill Seargent multiple times and at the time you could only be at that MOS for 4 years, that was in the early 80s.
He then went I to recruiting til he retired in 98. He still had every bit of that Drill Seargent in him til he died. When you say you got "smoked", my Dad's era had a different name for it, lol, you get to LEAVE basic training after a certain amount of time, trying being the daughter of a Drill Seargent. When I was 6, I hit my brother and was given a bucket of soapy water and toothbrush and told to clean. After he saw that, I thought it was FUN and was enjoying using a toothbrush to clean the floor, I was called back and was taught how to throw a proper punch.
When he retired I was 10, he was having trouble with civilian life, I made the mistake of telling him that we, his kids, weren't his soldiers, we were his CHILDREN, STOP ording us around. OMG BIG MISTAKE... He was livid, the eyes were popping out of his head, you could see every vein in his neck, he was millimeters away from my face, pointing at me, his spit flying all over me, yelling. Being the stubborn child, a basic copy of himself, I didn't show any emotion, I didn't bend, flinch... Well, until he left the house and then started to hyperventilate. Lol.
When I started high school, I wanted to join the military, I was way too young but wanted a head start. The Army recruiters were NEVER at least our school, but the Navy/Marine Corp recruiters were. I foolishly gave the Navy recruiter my contact information, I explained I was too young to sign on but you love to have the opportunity to do any training to help me become a better and stronger individual. That I had NOT decided on which branch to join. I got home and Navy called and left a message on our answering machine about how excited he was to help me and could we schedule a time to meet with him. My Dad was beyond livid. Imagine your Drill Seargent wanting to whatever he is allowed to do, short of killing you. It was a repeat of the episode when I was 10. He told me if I wanted to join the military, he'd give me a good taste of it. He didn't want me to join the military at the time, so he was mad I went behind his back and seemed even more upset that I talked to NAVY FIRST!!!!??? Every branch thinks they are better than the next. Turns out a month after all that happened I found out I had a tumor in my brain and had to have brain surgery. It crushed every dream I ever had. 9/11 happened after that and that made have a lot of guilt. My friends, joined up, shipped out, many killed. I was an Army brat, my Dad knew how to train soldiers, none of my friends would interact with my Dad because he scared the crap out of all of them, if they couldn't deal with a guy like him in a civilian setting, I can only imagine the horror they encountered at reception and during Basic. I felt I could handle whatever the Drill Seargent dished out, I lived with one for my entire life, I knew the mental games and other crap they could dish out!
One of my favorite memories is when a cocky 16 year old classmate, a male, FRIEND, came over and my Dad wasn't fond of his attitude. He went, got his weapon (unloaded), decided it was the ideal time to be cleaned and preceeded to field shrip it as fast as he could, all the while staring him down. This boy NEVER talked to me or came over again. In fact no boy every came over after said event. The football players were afraid to make eye contact with him after that, he helped coaching our high school football team, which I thought was funny, these over 6 foot kids who were taller than my Dad, bigger than him. When he talked they ALL listened, when he told them to go do something, they did it without making a fuss, other coaches couldn't get the team to shut up and stop whining. He was the first coach who could do all the training WITH the team AND do it better. If he asked for 40 push ups, 30 jumping jacks, running, he'd do MORE than that amount. He said he would NEVER ask someone to do something he could not do himself. I think that's why, until his heart attack and death, he was still in contact with over 3 dozen men and women he trained or commanded while he was a Drill Seargent and Recruiter.
The memories this video brought back. Thank you!
god bless him, may the drill seargent aka your dad rest in peace amen
God bless him and may his soul rip.I wasn't born American. But my wife and son made me one all d way from Nigeria.I love American Marine but im forty and sad I won't ever be considered. My wife happy though.God bless America.
May your Dad RIP. God bless and God speed in your adventure.
No ones. And this is too long
That super sucks about the brain tumor. I was set on an army linguistics career, did really well on all the tests. I had a full army rotc scholarship but decided I wanted to go enlisted route instead. I was impatient and wanted to get on things lol. Then one day I collapsed at 19 years old and we found out I have a congenital heart problem that doesn't manifest until late teens /early 20's. RIP my dreams. I've adapted and had and have new dreams now, but I'm still a bit wistful about my first dream of being a soldier. Your dad sounds like he was a double handful and awesome at the same time ^^
The best thing I saw was guy on CQ fell asleep sitting straight up in a chair when the sog came in he heard him and woke up and he got away with it because he didn't open his eyes right away and then said amen and did the sign of the cross
Thanks for the tips before I join the national guard and do basic training
How did that go? I'm about to leave myself 😳
The reason why a Drill Sergeant doesn't like being call Sir or Ma'am, is because it's not there rank. Sir/ma'am, are on the officer side. Just pretty much getting them used to rank, especially those that don't understand. It's not about offended, there's reasons on why Drills tell trainees to do certain things. Just sticking to the standard! Good video bud!
Ericka Bernie Drill Sgt: Sir? *SIR?!* When last I looked I actually *do* work around here!
Hey you're here!
"Don't call me a GD sir. I work for a damn livin private"!!!
Holy shit it's Ericka! and Sir/Ma'am are also used by marine DIs.
Michael Felix I’m 42A, HR specialist, yup I sit behind desks but guess what else I do? yup that’s right jump outta planes cause airborne all the way baby.
My Drill Sargent took me aside and told me that the Enemy will not appauligise for killing me so Stop saying you are sorry.
This is not the Hilton do not hold the door for me I can open ad and close my own door.
And stop saying please and thank you. We are NOT at a church social Private.
LMBO HHHAAAAAHHHHHHAAAAA
Apologize, LMAO,And... Your welcome 🤕🤕🤕🙏
it is the exact opposite in retail. apologize for anything that could be in any way perceived as even a slight inconvenience to the customers.
I thought you were gonna say took me aside and make out with me lmfao
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recruit - Yes Sir
drill sergeant - Dont call me sir, i work for a living
I told both of my kids when they went to boot camp. No matter what you do, it will be wrong, if by some miracle you do it right, you didn’t do it fast enough.
What you never do is go to the 1st Sgt on your first day of basic to complain that your drill sgt has anger issues. Yes, I had a niece do that.
You’re kidding me...
Matt Ward no, I’m not.
Something else for your list.
Bryan Marusich Dear God I can’t even imagine how that went
what response did she get???
Heres #1
In the Army, you call them Drill Sargeant
In the Marine Corps, you call em Sir and Drill Instructor Sir
Do not *ever* mix these two up
notthatinnocent86
Sargeant is a town in Minnesota.
A *sErgeant* is a military official.
Why would you call a DI sir? Is that backed up by legislation? IF I was a sergeant and someone called me sir I'd say some very loud words.
Rex Apis Well, guess you cant be perfect at everything you write, can you? Hehe my bad
Brecconable The Army and Marines do their Basic Trainings differently. In Marines Basic Training, DIs will demand that you call them Sir or Ma'am, and that goes for nearly every personel higher in rank than you. They have earned that level of respect by earning the title of Marines and earning the title of Drill Instructor. You WILL call them Sir/Ma'am, IF you are in Marines Basic Training, to my knowledge Army Soldiers only call them by their proper rank, as Sir isnt in their vocabulary.
In the Army, you call your Drill Sergeant, Drill Sergeant. Do NOT call them Sir, they will chew your ass off if you call them Sir. They have earned the title of Drill Sergeant and thats what you will call them
+notthatinnocent86
Is it backed up in legislation?
"Why no combat patch?
So you never deployed?" :D lol!!
"What's up sir..."
*waits for death*
"no"
I'm not in the military yet but a chill just weant down my spine
Unless answering a question.
kennys Boat death
Twdg fan, BOAT
I never spent a day in the military, and am a pacifist, but I really enjoy these videos. Thank you for your service.
"I love you"
Drill Sgt. Parrot, Drill Sgt. Alford, Drill Sgt. Riddell, Drill Sgt. Alford of Charlie Company 1-19 Ft. Benning GA Graduation date of December 15th, 2006 hated y'all while I was there but much respect and love from me after for making me the man I am today!