WEBVTT 00:16.749 --> 00:18.971 When I got out of active duty , I still 00:18.971 --> 00:21.027 had a calling to continue to put the 00:21.027 --> 00:23.868 uniform on . I decided that I wanted to 00:23.878 --> 00:27.438 train the next generation . I remember 00:28.200 --> 00:30.422 knowing all my drill sergeants still by 00:30.422 --> 00:32.533 name . I remember them the rest of my 00:32.533 --> 00:34.644 life and I want people to fall asleep 00:34.644 --> 00:36.589 at night and have nightmares about 00:36.589 --> 00:38.478 drill ser I off . This will be my 00:38.478 --> 00:40.779 actual seventh year coming to CST here 00:40.790 --> 00:44.650 at Fort Knox , CST basic cadet training . 00:44.810 --> 00:47.740 We take raw civilians and we turn them 00:47.750 --> 00:50.750 into cadets . We pick them up from 00:50.759 --> 00:53.389 reception , we turn them into a team . 00:53.810 --> 00:56.880 We also go over basic drilling ceremony . 00:57.150 --> 00:59.360 We teach them the ranking structure of 00:59.369 --> 01:02.069 the military . A brief military history . 01:02.080 --> 01:04.830 We go over how the military operates , 01:04.839 --> 01:07.239 how it communicates through orders , 01:07.540 --> 01:10.120 TPS , situation reports . We also teach 01:10.129 --> 01:12.073 them basic rifle marksmanship . We 01:12.073 --> 01:14.351 teach them how to survive in the field . 01:14.351 --> 01:16.400 We also teach them how to assault 01:16.410 --> 01:19.160 objectives and problem solving . 01:19.169 --> 01:21.889 Basically turning individuals into a 01:21.900 --> 01:23.870 team . I was born and raised in 01:23.879 --> 01:25.910 Nashville , Tennessee joined the 01:25.919 --> 01:29.660 military when I was 19 in 2001 of July 01:29.709 --> 01:32.660 and been in the military for 22 years . 01:32.669 --> 01:34.780 Billion wise , I'm a firefighter with 01:34.780 --> 01:36.891 the National Fire Department and I've 01:36.891 --> 01:39.113 been doing that for 15 years . I wanted 01:39.113 --> 01:41.280 to become a drill sergeant in the Army 01:41.280 --> 01:43.447 Reserve to train soldiers and to train 01:43.447 --> 01:45.613 future leaders . This year is my first 01:45.613 --> 01:47.836 CST mission . Being out here is exactly 01:47.836 --> 01:50.058 how I expected . It's hands on . You're 01:50.058 --> 01:52.720 working with these cadets trying to get 01:52.730 --> 01:55.610 them to do the training . The first 01:55.620 --> 01:57.980 thing we start off with is formation , 01:57.989 --> 02:00.267 forming the formation , how to fall in , 02:00.267 --> 02:02.211 how to take commands , how to give 02:02.211 --> 02:04.378 commands because you have to lead from 02:04.378 --> 02:06.211 the front and that's what we are 02:06.211 --> 02:08.322 creating as leaders . So a lot of the 02:08.322 --> 02:10.545 cadets we come across , they have never 02:10.545 --> 02:12.600 touched a weapon before . So we will 02:12.600 --> 02:14.822 slowly walk through with them myself as 02:14.822 --> 02:16.878 a drill sergeant and my other battle 02:16.878 --> 02:19.045 buddies as drill serent step in and we 02:19.045 --> 02:21.100 take the reins and we show them , we 02:21.100 --> 02:23.211 will teach you how the army works . I 02:23.211 --> 02:25.429 enjoy being a reserve drill sergeant 02:25.460 --> 02:27.627 just because when I do get to come out 02:27.627 --> 02:29.849 here , I get to leave it all out on the 02:29.849 --> 02:31.904 table . What we do is very important 02:31.904 --> 02:33.960 because this is our future , this is 02:33.960 --> 02:35.682 the future that is going to be 02:35.682 --> 02:37.904 defending us . And I'm glad that I have 02:37.904 --> 02:40.410 a part in that when I leave for my 02:40.419 --> 02:42.850 family to be defended and protected 02:42.860 --> 02:44.929 against . And I take that the most 02:44.940 --> 02:47.107 serious out of anything that I've done 02:47.110 --> 02:47.830 in the military .