Basic Training 2022

Credit: Courtesy | Date Taken: 07/22/2022
FORT JACKSON, SC- The companies from the ArmyReserve/1st 389th Drill Sgt. BN conducts basic combat training at Fort Jackson, July 22. The Army Reserve Drill Sergeant Battalion trains civilians into combat ready soldiers and transform the best noncommissioned officers into drill sergeants. "We transform them into soldiers through a very structured training environment that starts with a pick-up where they are suddenly given a wake-up...this is no longer your comfort zone, this is the Army," said 1Lt. Marcos Cruz, company commander for the charlie and delta company of the 1-389th BN. Army Reserve drill sergeants delivers the same training as the active duty soldiers. "We cannot do what we do as successful without the support of every U.S. Army Reserve drill sergeants that comes and support every basic combat training cycle," assured Lt. Col. Thomas Burns, 4th Bn 39 Infantry Regiment commander. "They bring different experiences and different backgrounds". Video by Staff Sgt. Katherine Ramos