Author Topic: Who was your DI? (Read 803 times)

Xargos · « **on:** February 20, 2007, 07:22:43 AM »

Who was your DI in basic training?

My Grandfather was a DI at Fort Jackson, S.C. during the Vietnam era and at one time he was a instructor at Fort Bragg, N.C. for the Green Berets. His name was Master Sergent Benny Smothers. If any of you where trained by him I would really like to hear from you.

Ripsnort · « **Reply #1 on:** February 20, 2007, 07:45:20 AM »

My father was a DI. Not sure where he was stationed but it was stateside, I know that much...1951-1953, Army 101st Airborne. He was my personal DI growing up!

Mightytboy · « **Reply #2 on:** February 20, 2007, 09:02:42 AM »

That was 25 years ago!

I do well to remember what I had for lunch yesterday.

rabbidrabbit · « **Reply #3 on:** February 20, 2007, 10:15:59 AM »

no dice here... was at Benning.

john9001 · « **Reply #4 on:** February 20, 2007, 10:19:43 AM »

parris island, spring of 62, gunny sgt mad dog arnold.

bzek74 · « **Reply #5 on:** February 20, 2007, 10:40:51 AM »

Jackson basic and Lee for AIT 1993....For people considering military go quatermaster..lee is the bomb!

90prf

Hawco · « **Reply #6 on:** February 20, 2007, 11:04:39 AM »

Guy called tom Lundy and another guy called Rafferty, them 2 took great delight in what they did, best advice I ever got from them was to be more aggresive in my actions,I was quiet and and a bit reserved, they saw that and basically beasted it out of me.

detch01 · « **Reply #7 on:** February 20, 2007, 11:15:51 AM »

LOL - 30 years ago and I'll never forget him:

M/Cpl Wally Renough, RCR.

Hard bastard. Good guy

asw

Bronk · « **Reply #8 on:** February 20, 2007, 11:51:45 AM »

Fall/winter 1987 Ft. Leonard Wood Mo. staff sergeant Luster for basic, Staff sergeant Lago for AIT.

What really sucked in basic, is there were 3 sergeants named Johnson in the company.
Don't you know they had fun with that.

Bronk

rpm · « **Reply #9 on:** February 20, 2007, 12:45:36 PM »

OH-124 USCG TRACEN Alameda BM1-Diekel

wklink · « **Reply #10 on:** February 20, 2007, 02:01:30 PM »

We had three. Senior Drill was Drill Sergeant Suava. A huge Somoan E-7 who could literally pick up a 175 pount soldier with one hand and administer wall to wall counseling without breaking a sweat.

Drill Sergeant Mojica was an E-6 and actually was a pretty good guy. He only smoked us every other day.

I can't remember the E-5 (Coleman, now I remember) that tried to kill us the last three weeks of basic. He was at BNCOC while we were in the red and white stages of Basic (at Fort Dix in 85-the stages were red, white and blue during the course. Your platoon would carry a new guideon when the next 'stage' of training was completed).

He was a mean sob, I guess he had to get his licks in on us before we graduated.

x0847Marine · « **Reply #11 on:** February 20, 2007, 03:18:38 PM »

MCRD San Diego 1988: Senior Drill instructor Sgt. Dominguez, Sgt. Garcia, Sgt. Fresquez, and Sgt. Maddox.

One guy, well ok it was me, wrote home something about our DIs being the "3 amigos" with a sidekick.. of course they found it. I got a good bit of torture for that.

zorstorer · « **Reply #12 on:** February 20, 2007, 03:50:34 PM »

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Originally posted by bzek74
Jackson basic and Lee for AIT 1993....For people considering military go quatermaster..lee is the bomb!

90prf

Funny you would say Lee was good

I was there from 99-01 as an MP....you know those little bananas now get to stay in the perm. party barracks?

wulfie · « **Reply #13 on:** February 20, 2007, 04:07:49 PM »

PO1 Garland (My CC in USN Boot). You knew he had to be a badassed Sailor to be a CC as a PO1 (at that time at least, saw several PO1 who were CCs when I did a couple months at RTC Orlando while recovering from some owies...years after I went thru RTC myself).

Total UberSalt Fleet Sailor, great CC, etc.

We got word from his boss that he had made CPO while we were in boot.

Organized an off-base nighttime 'raid' to the nearest 7-11 (target data bought from another CC, currency = pizza) to accquire a 6 pack of beer, a really dirty magazine, and the closest we could get to a 'congratulations' card. Raid went off flawlessly. One of the scumbags in our company (not trusted with the raid planning or execution, because he was a worthless rat) saw the beers in 'my' locker in the CCs office (I was our yeoman).

So they raid us. A bunch of CCs, the Division Boss, etc. They've got me and the RCPO (a great guy from Texas who stuttered under pressure...if I had a tape of the interrogation before they coerced me into opening the locker...comedy gold) and it's another evening in Gestapo HQ. I only opened the locker after getting the gurantee that only the RCPO and myself would be held accountable for the contents, we were the sole conspirators, etc. - Texas Stutter-Boy walked the plank with me like a true Pirate Hunter. Still wonder where that guy is today, he was a great dude.

So our CC is at the forefront when the locker gets opened. Beers in plain sight - busted. Skin mag - busted. "Congrats to the best CC ever, about time the handsomehunkes made you a CPO", signed by the Company...

We got PT-hammered on the parade field that night (only the RCPO and I) by our CC, with the Div. Boss watching. After the hammering, they split the beers with us.

Hawco · « **Reply #14 on:** February 20, 2007, 04:08:45 PM »

Remember Rafferty exploding once when he caught the fact that someone had writen their name on the inside of their combat jacket, broke the guys nose if I remember correctly.