{"id":41290,"date":"2017-11-28T20:43:24","date_gmt":"2017-11-28T20:43:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/armytimes\/uncategorized\/2017\/11\/28\/its-official-the-army-is-bringing-drill-sergeants-back-to-ait\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T03:33:47","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T03:33:47","slug":"its-official-the-army-is-bringing-drill-sergeants-back-to-ait","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/armytimes\/news\/your-army\/2017\/11\/28\/its-official-the-army-is-bringing-drill-sergeants-back-to-ait\/","title":{"rendered":"It&#8217;s official: The Army is bringing drill sergeants back to AIT"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For much of 2017, Army Training and Doctrine Command kept hinting that the advanced individual training platoon sergeant experiment was over.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As of Nov. 17, the Army has decided to bring drill sergeants back to AIT, after receiving a sign-off by Ray Horoho, the acting assistant Army secretary for manpower and reserve affairs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cCurrently, USACIMT is working with Department of the Army-level staff and other stakeholders to get all the required administrative pieces in place before implementation can begin,\u201d Lt. Col. Jeffrey Pray, a spokesman for the Center for Initial Military Training, told Army Times. \u201cHowever, we do expect drill sergeants to start transitioning to AIT in 2018.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"apester-media\" data-media-id=\"5a1dcc0a80722500012bcced\" height=\"395\"><\/div><script async src=\"\/\/static.apester.com\/js\/sdk\/v2.0\/apester-javascript-sdk.min.js\"><\/script>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The move is part of a sweeping review at CIMT of the Army\u2019s basic training program of instruction, begun last summer by new commander Maj. Gen. Malcolm Frost.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI am trying to assess the enterprise through what I think is the No. 1 sphere of influence in that enterprise, and that is the drill sergeant and the AIT platoon sergeant,\u201d he told Army Times in September.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/armytimes\/news\/your-army\/2017\/10\/08\/units-need-more-fit-disciplined-soldiers-so-tradoc-is-looking-at-a-basic-training-overhaul\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"204\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/ARM-AUSA-basic-training-web.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">Units need more fit, disciplined soldiers, so TRADOC is looking at a basic training overhaul<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">With the Army\u2019s end strength on an upswing and growing concerns about the fitness of newly minted soldiers, the Center for Initial Military Training is launching a study into the Army\u2019s entire program of instruction for making soldiers.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In the end, officials felt that drill sergeants \u2014 both their training and what they represent to new soldiers \u2014 would be the best stewards of competency and discipline at AIT.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Drill sergeants already run One Station Unit Training, which is offered for military occupational specialties such as infantry and military police and combines basic training and AIT.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">AIT platoon sergeants have only existed for the past decade, TRADOC Command Sgt. 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Dave Davenport told Army Times in October, but it was time to re-think them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIn basic training, the drill sergeant is the authority figure,\u201d Davenport said. \u201cAnd when we brought AIT platoon sergeants in to replace drill sergeants, it was really about them beginning the transition to the role of the noncommissioned officer.\u201d<br><\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/armytimes\/news\/your-army\/2017\/10\/18\/tradoc-csm-bring-drill-sergeants-back-to-ait\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/ARM-drill-sergeant-web.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" 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