VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. — More than 40 feet up the tower at Fort Jackson, Army recruit Robert Smith missed setting his feet on the 4-by-4 plank from which he was
Throughout the military, things are changing: “Now, we’re teachers. Before, we were disciplinarians. We still cared about our kids, but it was not the same."
During the pandemic, the armed forces is rethinking how a select group of non-commissioned officers should bring tens of thousands in their late teens and early 20s into the tightly disciplined military.