What Are Drill Sergeants Like?

By SGT Volkin

If you haven’t been to basic training before and never met a drill sergeant, let me explain what it will be like. First, it depends what branch of military basic training you will be going through. For marine boot camp, the drill instructors will be the most strict, although with army basic training, the drill sergeants aren’t exactly nice to you either. When in army training; for example, your drill sergeants will be in your face pushing you to meet the army fitness standards. With any branch of the military, military fitness is of utmost importance.

Remember, joining the military is not a decision you should make because of college loan repayments or because you want a full time job. It is a major life decision and you should join the military becuase you want to serve your country. Drill sergeants are pushy people and you want to have to be pushed or you will get pushed around.

SGT Michael Volkin is the author of helpful military books. His best-selling book The Ultimate Basic Training Guidebook: Tips, Tricks, and Tactics for Boot Camp Survival is available at UltimateBasicTraining.com

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February 15th, 2010

About... SGT Volkin

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Sergeant Michael Volkin is a U.S. Army veteran and one of America's most successful military authors focusing on basic training. He served in Operation Enduring/Iraqi Freedom as a Chemical Operations Specialist and received an Army Commendation Medal for his efforts and for the military fitness programs he designed to help his fellow soldiers. He has a Bachelor’s and Master’s degree in Science from Stephen F. Austin State University in Texas and also a Real Estate Brokers Degree. Note from the author: "I knew absolutely nothing about the military when I entered basic training. I had no immediate military family history and no prior desire to ever join the military. It was on the tragic morning of September 11, 2001 that I realized what I was taking for granted all these years. Freedom, as wonderful as it is, is an uphill struggle, and comes with an enormous responsibility. It wasn’t so much a decision, but a calling, that I joined the military - the Army Reserves. I departed for basic training without an ounce of military knowledge one month after September 11, 2001. However, I used this lack of knowledge to my advantage. I took notes on everything, with the ambition that no military recruit would have to go through boot camp like I did, with no knowledge of what was in store for me. I listened to hundreds of soldiers share their advice, tips, and tricks on surviving basic training. When I was deployed shortly after basic training to serve in Operation Enduring/Iraqi Freedom, I had the time to organize the notes, add to them, and assemble the most practical basic training guide ever written. The Ultimate Basic Training Series is straightforward, easy to understand and applies to every branch of the military. Take advantage of the military fitness routine in these books. Many hours of research and trial and error went toward creating the program. I believe there is no other fitness program that can get you in shape for basic training faster." SGT Volkin is currently a real estate broker and marketing consultant.