Combat training is a rite of passage for police recruits. It's left a trail of deaths and injuries

Heather Sterling stepped into the ring at the Texas Game Warden Training Center, ready to face an ambush by instructors ...
The Columbian

DYING TO SERVE: Combat training leaves a trail of deaths and injuries

Heather Sterling stepped into the ring at the Texas Game Warden Training Center, ready to face an ambush by instructors acting as violent assailants.
Yahoo

Is Marine drill instructor scapegoat? Or did he cause recruit’s death? Fate in jury’s hands

Staff Sgt. Steven Smiley’s fate is in the hands of an eight-person jury. Closing arguments in the Marine drill instructor’s negligent homicide trial came Friday. The trial put the Marine training ...
WHIO

Former firearms instructor charged in fatal shooting of Ohio corrections officer learns sentence

COLUMBUS — The former firearms instructor charged in the fatal shooting of an Ohio corrections officer during a training exercise was sentenced on Thursday. David Pearson was sentenced to six months ...
Yahoo

Always Faithful, Always On: The Taxing Job of a Marine Corps Drill Instructor

Marine Corps drill instructors represent one of the most legendary roles in the military. From the 1987 war movie "Full Metal Jacket" to their essential job of making new Marines at boot camp in ...
Military.com

Marine Corps Full Steam Ahead on Integrating Platoon-Level Drill Instructor Roles

The Marine Corps quietly directed its recruit depots to integrate male and female drill instructor teams at the platoon level in late 2023, and now the service is full steam ahead with the effort, ...
Daily Record

Dover kids get earful of discipline from drill instructor at junior police academy

DOVER — Minus the abusive profanity, Drill Instructor Frank Giaquinto was in full-volume, "Full Metal Jacket" mode as he stared down a group of about 30 children who formed the ranks of the new Dover ...