Page "Drill instructor" Paragraph 35

Upon completion of Drill Instructor School, Drill Instructors are assigned to Recruit Training Battalions as junior members (" fourth hats ", " third hats ", " kill hats ", " bobby ", or " bulldogs ") of drill instructor teams.

His or her job consists of constant corrections, dispensing punitive " Incentive Training " ( IT ), and keeping unremitting pressure on recruits to pay attention to details.

He or she also teaches and reinforces academic knowledge to recruits.

It is his or her duty to command the recruit platoon for initial drill evaluation, in which, in addition to the platoon receiving a score, the Drill Instructor is evaluated as well.

These new drill instructors bear the burden of responsibility for breaking down a recruit's sense of self and selfishness, so that the more experienced drill instructors can focus the recruits on selflessness, obedience, and fraternity.