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VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. — More than 40 feet up the tower at Fort Jackson, Army recruit Robert Smith missed setting his feet on the 4-by-4 plank from which he was
At the new basic training, drill instructors take off their hats and talk — not yell — to recruits.
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Throughout the military, things are changing: “Now, we’re teachers. Before, we were disciplinarians. We still cared about our kids, but it was not the same."
During the pandemic, the armed forces is rethinking how a select group of non-commissioned officers should bring tens of thousands in their late teens and early 20s into the tightly disciplined military.