Maneuver Support Center of Excellence and Fort Leonard Wood Drill Sergeant of the Year Staff Sgt. Aquai Alexander shows you the techniques of being a great U.S. Army drill sergeant…because it’s going to take more than a hat and a uniform to be a convincing drill sergeant.
While driving through Crocker, Mo., in the early morning hours of Jan. 23, Sgt. 1st Class Matt Mobley, noncommissioned officer in charge of range maintenance at the Combat Training Company, saw something in a gas station parking lot that caught his eye.
“I saw a car that had smoke coming out from underneath,” he said. “It was dark and I could see the smoke in my headlights.”
When he looked again, the front end of the vehicle...
