drill instructor
Example Sentences
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Marine, Vincent Santiago fought in Iraq and Afghanistan, served as a drill instructor and worked for a federal agency that promotes cooperation with allies.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 7, 2025
Maria Torres, a drill instructor, is working on firearm basics with her all-female platoon.
From Seattle Times • Oct. 8, 2023
The report also says that his poor performance as senior drill instructor “resulted in an apparent unwillingness of recruits to bring problems to his attention throughout the training cycle.”
From New York Times • Nov. 14, 2022
Fitch, whose father, Doc, was a former Marine drill instructor, was known for putting draft prospects through arduous workouts to test how they performed while fatigued, and coaching with a disciplinarian’s streak.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 3, 2022
I heard the voice of the drill instructor as I walked to the river with Alhaji to fetch water.
From "A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier" by Ishmael Beah
