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
I was fortunate enough to have a drill instructor say, ‘Your life is valuable because you have a responsibility to protect the Marine to your left and to your right.’
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 17, 2022
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
I should add, my grandchildren, that not only did our drill instructor speak English in a strange way, he also used many colorful words and descriptive phrases that I won’t repeat.
From "Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two" by Joseph Bruchac
