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drill instructor

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drill instructor
n. Abbr. DI
A noncommissioned officer who instructs recruits in military drill and discipline.
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Noun1.drill instructordrill instructor - a noncommissioned officer who instructs recruits in military marching and discipline
drill master
armed forces, armed services, military, military machine, war machine - the military forces of a nation; "their military is the largest in the region"; "the military machine is the same one we faced in 1991 but now it is weaker"
enlisted officer, noncom, noncommissioned officer - a military officer appointed from enlisted personnel


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His career included two combat tours in Vietnam that included a combat promotion to staff sergeant, a stint as a drill instructor that earned him a promotion to gunnery sergeant and other tours of duty throughout the world, including Southwest Asia in preparation and execution of Desert Shield and Desert Storm.
Troops to teachers by Hall, Jim / DAV Magazine
He spent the last two years as a drill instructor, training recruits, before he transferred to a combat unit three months before he was killed.
LOCAL MARINE KILLED IN COMBAT IN IRAQ CONFLICT MILITARY RELEASES NO ... by Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)
Dropped into a California boot camp with the ironic sounds of "Don't Worry, Be Happy" on the soundtrack, the clean-cut, blue-eyed Swofford (Jake Gyllenhaal) gets smacked across the head repeatedly by a drill instructor.
Marines on the big screen by Kaufman, Anthony / The Progressive
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