Posted on Aug 31, 2015
Are you ready for the first female Infantry Drill SGT?
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SSG Jale Landaverde was "picked up" to be one of the first female drill sergeants in the male dominated infantry. She is ready to perform her duties as a drill sergeant in this assignment at Ft. Benning beginning in January. (The picture posted is not her.)
http://fortblissbugle.com/ready-first-soldier-breaks-infantry-boundary-as-a-female/
http://fortblissbugle.com/ready-first-soldier-breaks-infantry-boundary-as-a-female/
Edited 9 y ago
Posted 9 y ago
Responses: 23
I think you have to add some context to this. I don't believe she will be an Drill Sergeant for Infantrymen. She would have to be infantry to do that. Fort Benning also houses some non combat arms basic training. So she would most likely end up in one of those units. But if you could show me where she will be in Infantry DS I would appreciate it.
What I don't understand is how can she be an Infantry DS when she is not MOS qualified to do so? Would you want me to teach at the JAG BOLC. I just don't thing it would be beneficial. Could you tell someone what is it to be in an infantry unit if you never been in one?
What I don't understand is how can she be an Infantry DS when she is not MOS qualified to do so? Would you want me to teach at the JAG BOLC. I just don't thing it would be beneficial. Could you tell someone what is it to be in an infantry unit if you never been in one?
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CPT (Join to see) - MPs are OSUT as well. Again I don't know any more than what the article says. It would be interesting to find out though. Maybe we'll see more articles come out about this.
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CPT L S - To be at Infantry OSUT you have to be Infantry due to them carrying to be a DS at AIT. But there are some Basic Training Companies at Benning that aren't infantry producing. But just about every DS is infantry or Armor down there.
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CPT L S That is exactly what I'm talking about. I don't see an issue with it. Now that the Army of consolidating more and more I don't think this is really anything special. Unless she was going to an infantry MOS producing basic training class.
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SSG Melvin Nulph
She will have instructor qualification in whatever class she teaches so don't not see where it matters?
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I don't care what others say on this-DS's in OSUT environments should be subject matter experts on their given field...no way in hell is someone fresh into the MOS can be ready to train others in something like this. Infantry tactics are something that is done to the point of muscle memory-that trainer needs to know every aspect of what he or she is training in order to be fully effective. I wish her the best-but honestly I feel she is just going to be a metric for the command and a barrier for those she is to train. Give it another 6-10 years before making combat arms female DS's-the services don't have any that are experienced enough or doctrinally ready.
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