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 ...

Master Sergeant Bankston enlisted into the Army on August 22, 2006. He completed OSUT at Fort Benning, Georgia, where he was awarded the Infantry (IN) 11B military occupational specialty. MSG Bankston ...