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But his duties mostly kept him away from West Point, and day-to-day leadership fell to Alden Partridge, who preferred to run things more like a drill sergeant.
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Ryan Shaw / Made By History, TIME, 24 Feb. 2025
Danzig is a lawyer, former drill sergeant and hand-to-hand combat instructor with the Israeli Defense Forces from 1982 to 1985 as well as a New York City police officer from 1989 to 1992.
—Micha Danzig, San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 Feb. 2025
But does a football coach need the temperament of a drill sergeant to be successful?
—David Whitley, The Tennessean, 18 June 2024
Be more of a teacher and mentor instead of a guru or drill sergeant.
—Shane Enete, Forbes, 30 Oct. 2024
Because Boz was very much on the page as a character like the drill sergeant from Full Metal Jacket.
—Damon Wise, Deadline, 5 Sep. 2024
He was written as a pretty straightforward character, like a drill sergeant, very aggressive.
—Damon Wise, Deadline, 5 Sep. 2024
His class is more like standup comedy meets group therapy meets self-defense seminar, taught by a drill sergeant.
—Marin Cogan, Vox, 5 Aug. 2024
Paxton soon played Tom Cruise’s drill sergeant in Edge of Tomorrow (2014), Jake Gyllenhaal’s rival in Nightcrawler (2014), and Emma Watson’s dad in The Circle (2017), which was his final film appearance.
—EW.com, 18 July 2024
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Ryan Shaw / Made By History, TIME, 24 Feb. 2025
Danzig is a lawyer, former drill sergeant and hand-to-hand combat instructor with the Israeli Defense Forces from 1982 to 1985 as well as a New York City police officer from 1989 to 1992.
—Micha Danzig, San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 Feb. 2025
But does a football coach need the temperament of a drill sergeant to be successful?
—David Whitley, The Tennessean, 18 June 2024
Be more of a teacher and mentor instead of a guru or drill sergeant.
—Shane Enete, Forbes, 30 Oct. 2024
Because Boz was very much on the page as a character like the drill sergeant from Full Metal Jacket.
—Damon Wise, Deadline, 5 Sep. 2024
He was written as a pretty straightforward character, like a drill sergeant, very aggressive.
—Damon Wise, Deadline, 5 Sep. 2024
His class is more like standup comedy meets group therapy meets self-defense seminar, taught by a drill sergeant.
—Marin Cogan, Vox, 5 Aug. 2024
Paxton soon played Tom Cruise’s drill sergeant in Edge of Tomorrow (2014), Jake Gyllenhaal’s rival in Nightcrawler (2014), and Emma Watson’s dad in The Circle (2017), which was his final film appearance.
—EW.com, 18 July 2024
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“Drill sergeant.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/drill%20sergeant. Accessed 13 Mar. 2025.
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