When I got out of active duty , I still
had a calling to continue to put the
uniform on . I decided that I wanted to
train the next generation . I remember
knowing all my drill sergeants still by
name . I remember them the rest of my
life and I want people to fall asleep
at night and have nightmares about
drill ser I off . This will be my
actual seventh year coming to CST here
at Fort Knox , CST basic cadet training .
We take raw civilians and we turn them
into cadets . We pick them up from
reception , we turn them into a team .
We also go over basic drilling ceremony .
We teach them the ranking structure of
the military . A brief military history .
We go over how the military operates ,
how it communicates through orders ,
TPS , situation reports . We also teach
them basic rifle marksmanship . We
teach them how to survive in the field .
We also teach them how to assault
objectives and problem solving .
Basically turning individuals into a
team . I was born and raised in
Nashville , Tennessee joined the
military when I was 19 in 2001 of July
and been in the military for 22 years .
Billion wise , I'm a firefighter with
the National Fire Department and I've
been doing that for 15 years . I wanted
to become a drill sergeant in the Army
Reserve to train soldiers and to train
future leaders . This year is my first
CST mission . Being out here is exactly
how I expected . It's hands on . You're
working with these cadets trying to get
them to do the training . The first
thing we start off with is formation ,
forming the formation , how to fall in ,
how to take commands , how to give
commands because you have to lead from
the front and that's what we are
creating as leaders . So a lot of the
cadets we come across , they have never
touched a weapon before . So we will
slowly walk through with them myself as
a drill sergeant and my other battle
buddies as drill serent step in and we
take the reins and we show them , we
will teach you how the army works . I
enjoy being a reserve drill sergeant
just because when I do get to come out
here , I get to leave it all out on the
table . What we do is very important
because this is our future , this is
the future that is going to be
defending us . And I'm glad that I have
a part in that when I leave for my
family to be defended and protected
against . And I take that the most
serious out of anything that I've done
in the military .