Military training instructors, Tech. Sgt. Chananyah Stuart and Master Sgt. Tequilla Johnson, prepare graduation paperwork while their flight of trainees prepares the dorm for inspection. (U.S. Air Force photo/Master Sgt. Jeffrey Allen)

Partipants at our first Basic Training in Perú. See them in action: www.vimeo.com/sportsfriends/peru

Next chapter in scanning pictures of my brother's service in the US Army during the Vietnam war. I have pictures of Terry's Basic Training, Military Police AIT and Infantry Branch Officer's Candidate School.

Military training instructor, Tech. Sgt. Chananyah Stuart, watches for any mistakes as trainees perform dorm guard procedures for the first time. Each student is responsible for following very specific procedures while performing the duty. (U.S. Air Force photo/Master Sgt. Jeffrey Allen)

Military training instructor, Tech. Sgt. Chananyah Stuart, is photographed by his Airmen's family members and friends after their graduation ceremony. (U.S. Air Force photo/Master Sgt. Jeffrey Allen)

U.S. Army Drill Sergeant Academy Course Graduation

Members of the 323rd Training Squadron's Flight 552 run in the pre-dawn hours as part of their physical training. Each trainee carries his signature "lackland laser" to be more visible to motorists. (U.S. Air Force photo/Master Sgt. Jeffrey Allen)

Tech. Sgt. Chananyah Stuart inspects his flight's dorm after a surprise inspection produced several discrepancies. Flight 552 is in their final week of training, and Stuart, a military training instructor, uses the inspections to fight complacency amongst the trainees. (U.S. Air Force photo/Master Sgt. Jeffrey Allen)

Staff Sgt. Kyle Reed congratulates Tech. Sgt. Chananyah Stuart, for his flight being recognized as an honor flight. Both are military training instructors with the 323rd Training Squadron. (U.S. Air Force photo/Master Sgt. Jeffrey Allen)

KABUL, AFGHANISTAN – Afghan National Army Pvt. Mohammad Ghamy, center right, of Kandahar province, goes eyes right with his fellow soldiers as they pass by the reviewing stand during their graduation from basic training at the Kabul Military Training Center, Oct. 20. For Ghamy, the ceremony marked the culmination of an eight-week transition from civilian to soldier. He will go on to serve with the Capital Division in Kabul, where he will be able to use the urban training that so intrigued him during basic training.

U.S. Army Drill Sergeant leaders welcomed the newest candidates of 2nd Platoon #Wolfpack to the #USADSA Oct 4. Only the most qualified NCOs are chosen to attend Drill Sergeant School, where they are trained to fulfill a role of utmost importance—the role of a #DrillSergeant. The candidates are currently in the red phase of the Drill Sergeant Academy Course

U.S. Army Drill Sergeant leaders welcomed the newest candidates of 2nd Platoon #Wolfpack to the #USADSA Oct 4. Only the most qualified NCOs are chosen to attend Drill Sergeant School, where they are trained to fulfill a role of utmost importance—the role of a #DrillSergeant. The candidates are currently in the red phase of the Drill Sergeant Academy Course

Military training instructors fold the American flag during the Airman's coin presentation and retreat ceremony at the basic military training reception center auditorium on Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas. The coin presentation signifies the transition from trainee to Airman. (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Jeffrey Allen)

Next chapter in scanning pictures of my brother's service in the US Army during the Vietnam war. I have pictures of Terry's Basic Training, Military Police AIT and Infantry Branch Officer's Candidate School.

Military training instructor, Tech. Sgt. Chananyah Stuart, renders a salute during graduation ceremony practice at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland's parade ground. Stuart's flight is graduating after eight weeks of basic military training. (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Jeffrey Allen)

Military training instructor, Tech. Sgt. Chananyah Stuart, inspects Flight 552's guidon bearer, Airman Calvin Kim, before the graduation ceremony at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland. (U.S. Air Force photo/Master Sgt. Jeffrey Allen)

The steps leading into the barracks was the nearest place to sit.

Military training instructor, Joshua Hunter, grades Staff Sgt. Lindy Leggett's inspection procedures. In addition to leading Flight 552, Hunter is responsible for training Leggett to be an MTI . (U.S. Air Force photo/Master Sgt. Jeffrey Allen)

U.S. Army Drill Sergeant Academy Course Graduation

Pictures from my son's graduation from Basic Combat Training at Fort Jackson, South Carolina.

Master Chief Petty Officer Michael P. Leavitt, the 11th Master Chief Petty Officer of the Coast Guard, meets with Coast Guard recruits from Alfa Company 189 at Training Center Cape May Dec. 3, 2013. Leavitt, the Coast Guard's senior enlisted member, discussed how to be successful with the future Coast Guardsmen as part of a two-day visit to the Coast Guard's only enlisted basic training facility. Coast Guard photo by Seaman Jennifer Nease.

Military training instructor, Tech. Sgt. Chananyah Stuart, leads Flight 552 on the "Airman's Run" in the basic military training reception center auditorium. Stuart keeps his flight in step by calling cadence with his fingers because the noise made by cheering parents and family members make it difficult for trainees to hear him. (U.S. Air Force photo/Master Sgt. Jeffrey Allen)

U.S. Army Drill Sergeant Academy Course Graduation

Members of my basic training unit, 2nd Platoon A-4-1. I entered the U.S. Army on June 12th, 1968, and was sent immediately to Fort Ord, California, to begin basic training in what became my "new home" for over 4 months. Then it was off to Vietnam.

.

Partipants at our first Basic Training in Perú. See them in action: www.vimeo.com/sportsfriends/peru

(Left) Tech. Sgt. Chananyah Stuar, watches Master Sgt. Tequilla Johnson march Flight 552 back to their dorm. In addition to training Airmen, Stuart is training Johnson to become a fully qualified military training instructor. Both are MTIs assigned to the 323rd Training Squadron. (U.S. Air Force photo/Master Sgt. Jeffrey Allen)

U.S. Army Drill Sergeant Academy Course Graduation

And still friends over forty years later

Sgt. Jonathan Edwards, South Dakota Army National Guard Recruitment Sustainment Program instructor, explains how to dissemble, assemble and perform a functions check on the M-16 rifle to new recruits at Camp Rapid, March 17, 2012. The RSP is a program designed by the National Guard Bureau to increase the completion success rates at basic training for the Army National Guard. The program prepares recruits for the physical and mental rigors of basic training. (SDNG photo by Staff Sgt. Theanne Tangen) (RELEASED)

U.S. Army Drill Sergeant Academy Course Graduation

U.S. Army Drill Sergeant Academy Course Graduation

U.S. Army Drill Sergeant leaders welcomed the newest candidates of 2nd Platoon #Wolfpack to the #USADSA Oct 4. Only the most qualified NCOs are chosen to attend Drill Sergeant School, where they are trained to fulfill a role of utmost importance—the role of a #DrillSergeant. The candidates are currently in the red phase of the Drill Sergeant Academy Course

I entered the U.S. Army on June 12th, 1968, and was sent immediately to Fort Ord, California, to begin basic training in what became my "new home" for over 4 months.

U.S. Army Drill Sergeant Academy Course Graduation

Basic trainee perform a pass and review at their graduation ceremony Aug. 11, 2011, from the Afghanistan National Army Regional Military Training Center Southwest on Camp Shorabak located in the Helmand Province of Afghanistan. This is the second class that has graduated from this RMTC. (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Carrie Hinson/Released)

Master Chief Petty Officer Michael P. Leavitt, the 11th Master Chief Petty Officer of the Coast Guard, meets with Coast Guard recruits from Alfa Company 189 at Training Center Cape May Dec. 3, 2013. Leavitt, the Coast Guard's senior enlisted member, discussed how to be successful with the future Coast Guardsmen as part of a two-day visit to the Coast Guard's only enlisted basic training facility. Coast Guard photo by Seaman Jennifer Nease.

Sgt. Justin Glenn Burnside motivates a recruit with Echo Company, 2nd Recruit Training Battalion at Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island, S.C. Burnside, originally a signal intelligence specialist from Bristol Fla., is one of about 600 drill instructors who shape the approximately 20,000 recruits through Parris Island annually into United States Marines. This handful of dedicated DIs is entrusted with sustaining a more than 237-year legacy.

(U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. David Bessey)

Home Sweet Home

My basic training bros, part I.

U.S. Army Soldiers currently in Initial Entry Training (IET) at Fort Jackson, South Carolina, return home for the holidays during Victory Block Leave on December 18, 2017. Drill sergeants and other cadre assisted and supervised departure operations from Fort Jackson; the nearly 7,000 trainees left from four main transportation hubs, Atlanta, Columbia and Charlotte airports, and an Amtrak station in Columbia, S.C. Victory Block Leave will end on January 3, 2018. (U.S. Army National Guard Photo by Staff Sgt. Roby Di Giovine)

U.S. Army Drill Sergeant Academy Course Graduation