While “staffing your company” is imperative and often emphasized, many commanders centralize critical information, leading to ...

FORT LEONARD WOOD, Mo. -- In January 2008, the Army began the process of removing drill sergeants from Advanced Individual Training and replacing them with platoon sergeants. One decade later, the ...

The Marine Corps quietly directed its recruit depots to integrate male and female drill instructor teams at the platoon level in late 2023, and now the service is full steam ahead with the effort, ...

Editor’s Note: This article is part one of a three-part series by Travis Allen, a former U.S. Army Infantry Officer. In this series, Allen recounts the shocking realization that his first platoon ...