Umbono
Abaqashi abaningi banombono owaziwa ngaphambili we-Drill Instructors kanye nekhamera ye-boot ngaphambi kokuba bahambisane nezinyawo eziphuzi, ukuhlonishwa kwe-former Marine R.
Indima kaLee Ermey njengoGunnery Sgt. UHartman efilimu ye-Stanley Kubrick yaseVietnam, "I-Full Metal Jacket."
Kubantu abambalwa abangamaMarines abangakaze babone ifilimu, u-Hartman unzima njengezipikili ze-DI ezithuthukisa futhi zishaya, uthando lukaCorps lwabafundi bakhe.
"Ngeke ngiqambe amanga," kusho uLance Cpl. UVictor Mendoza, okwamanje uhanjiswe eMpumalanga Ephakathi ngokusekela i-Operation Iraqi Freedom, "lapho ngiqala ukufika ekamelweni lokuqothula ngangiyesaba ukufa. Ngangihlala ngilinde omunye we-DI wami ukuthi angishaye i-crap out kimi."
Ukushaya kukaMendoza kwakungakaze kwenzeke, kepha uthando lukaCorps nenhlonipho ejulile ngabalandeli bakhe be-Drill benza.
"Ekuqaleni ubanjwe ezweni lakho elincanyana ukuthi awuqapheli kuze kube yilapho kamuva umsebenzi omangalisayo laba bantu abakwenzayo," kusho uMendoza. "Ngaphandle kokushayela abaqeqeshi ngeke sibe ne-Corps." Benza ama-Marines. "
Sibutsetelo
I-Drill Instructor Duty ibhekwa njengesinye sezikhundla ezihlonishwa kakhulu futhi eziyigugu uMwandle ungabamba futhi kubaluleke kakhulu ekwenzeni amaMarines, ngokusho kwe-Master Sgt.
U-Andre Robinson, umhleli wezeMarine Corps.
Okudingekayo
"Uma uMain eza kimi futhi ebonisa isithakazelo ekubeni uMfundisi we-Drill, enye yezinto zokuqala engizibuzayo ngomzimba wazo," kusho uRobinson. "Kumele babe nesimo esihle kakhulu futhi kufanele baphekwe, kodwa kubaluleke kakhulu ukuthi baphile futhi baphefumule amanani ethu e-Corps wokuhlonipha, isibindi nokuzibophezela."
Ama-Marines aneminyaka engu-22 kuya ku-37 enezinga le-sergeant nge-gunnery sergeant angacela i-Drill Instructor Duty. Ama-Corporals angacatshangwa ukuthi azophakanyiswa ngaphambi kokuphothula izifundo ku-Drill Instructor School.
Ukwengeza, ama-Marines kumele azuze amaphesenti angama-90 noma ngaphezulu engxenyeni jikelele kanye nezobuchwepheshe ze- Armed Forces Vocational Battery test, akufanele abe nokufaka okungahambi kahle phakathi neminyaka emibili, kungabikho izigameko ezihlobene nokuphuza utshwala phakathi neminyaka emithathu, izinkantolo ezingekho phakathi kwezinhlanu iminyaka, akukho izijeziso ezingezona ezomthetho ezingakapheli iminyaka emibili, futhi akufanele zifake isicelo sokuqedwa eminyakeni engaba mibili noma zinehlukaniso noma izinyathelo zokuhlukanisa zisalinde ngaphambi kokubika emsebenzini.
Ngemuva kokudlula inqubo yokuhlola futhi ikhethwe ku-Drill Instructor Duty tour yezinyanga ezingu-36, umkhumbi kumele uqale ukuya e- Drill Instructor School e-Marine Corps Recruit Depot, eSan Diego, noma e-MCRD Parris Island, SC
Ukuqeqeshwa
Inkambo yezinyanga ezingu-12 igcizelela ubuholi, isahlulelo, ubuchwepheshe, ukuphathwa kwesikhathi, futhi impela ukuqina komzimba.
"Kudinga ukuqina okunamandla nomlingiswa ukuba abe ngumqeqeshi we-Drill," kusho uGunnery Sgt. U-Rose Cole, owakhonza njengo-Drill Instructor kusukela ngo-1996 kuya ku-1999. "Kufanele ukwazi ukuhlala ugxila ekuqeqesheni kungakhathaliseki ukuthi yini.
Ingxenye enkulu kunazo zonke kwakuyihora elide nokuntula ukulala. Abaqeqeshi be-drill baphakanyiswa ngaphambi kokuba baqoke futhi bangabosheli kuze kube yilapho sebelele, ngokuvamile bahlala amahora amathathu okuphumula ebusuku izinyanga ezintathu. "
Noma kunjalo, naphezu kobunzima, uClele uthi akayikuhweba isipiliyoni sakhe njengomqeqeshi we-Drill nganoma yini.
"Kuyinto enhle kakhulu ukufeza lapho uthola iziqu," kusho uCole. "Awukwazi ukusiza kodwa khumbula ukuthi babekuthini ngalolo suku lokuqala lwekampu le-boot."
Ukuze uthole olunye ulwazi mayelana ne-Drill Instructor Duty, thintana nomhleli wakho wezemisebenzi.
"Akukho lutho oluyinselele noma olwanelisayo kuno Drill Instructor Duty," kusho uCole.
"Namuhla nina anisona izimbungulu. Namuhla ningabaMarines. Wena uyingxenye yobuzalwane." - Gunnery Sgt. I-Hartman (Usuku Lokuqeqesha)