If you met your drill instuctor again, what would you say or do?

Too Old For Idol

I would thank him for helping a young immature teenager become a man.

mnid007

Well, that happened to me. I met two of my drill instructors about 3 and a half years after Basic Training while I was at For Chaffee Arkansas (this was where JRTC use to be). There were two of them there and they were stationed there. I was an E-5 by then. They invited me back to their living area to watch a football game. The were happy that I had made E-5 already (this was hard to do back in the mid 80's).

I never went but it was nice for them to see me since I went up 4 ranks and they remained the same ranks.

But, you never know until it happens.

richfraga

i would thank him.he molded me into a Marine.

James M

I ran into one of mine in baghdad, i had to have his squad removed from the area so that my patrol could come through. I walked up to him and recognized him at once, he didn't at first but the look on his face was priceless when i told him he had to vacate the street and he realized it was one of his old trainees. I saw him later at the dfac and i said thanks for showing me the way and preparing me for combat.

2nd AD/ 4th ID

Actually I have met mine and we went out and had a couple of beers. I really enjoyed hearing the stories he told about soldiers he has had come through him.

jeeper_peeper321

I meet one of my drill instructors 3 1/2 years later.

I out ranked him.

He didn't have a clue who i was, why should he, he saw so many recruits, no way he could remember.

Mrs. Moran

My RDCs were the best. They pushed me to do things I would have never done if I stayed home. I have seen my brother division's RDCs and they asked me how I had been and what I was up to and even congratulated me for getting married.

RTO Trainer

Shake their hands and say thank you.

They really set the tone on my carreer.

Halena

I would ask how many times we made him laugh when he was finally behind closed doors.

rick b

I would shake his hand and tell him how great it was to see him. I never saw any body I was in boot camp with since the last day in boot camp.

SoldiersGirl

Thank You! i was ONLY at Parris Island for a "field trip" for a few weeks when i was in USMCJROTC 25 yrs ago, and i will not forget it!

Michael H

Thank you, and GOD bless you,,,,they do an amazingly tough job,,,look at the responsibility they have upon them...

Greenman

My Drill Sergeant from AIT bacame my neighbor a few years after I graduated. Our kids played together and we had barbeques on my patio.

It's a small world, and when they're done being Drill Sergeants you can see them as human again!

jason

shake theirs hands and thank them

spartacusamerican

I'd say, 'Thank you' and then I'd drop into the front-rest leaning postion and crank out a hundred out of respect and just for old-times sakes because I really mean it.

Ninja (AM)

I would say Hi Shipmate how are you doing.

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