Dvids Images Senior Drill Instructor Course Image 6 Of 8 The senior drill instructor course is required for all drill instructors to become senior drill instructors on parris island. (u.s. marine corps photo by lcpl hageali) by lance cpl. ryan hageali. the senior drill instructor billet is historically reserved for exemplary staff noncommissioned officers who are the best the corps has to offer. Drill instructor school was formally established in october 1952 and over the years has increased its length from four weeks to the current 11 weeks. although the course length has changed, the mission of the school has remained constant. the focus of the instruction and training established in the course syllabus of the 1950s and 1960s is very.
Pi089 What Does It Take To Be A Senior Drill Instructor A look inside how the senior drill instructors who lead recruits, junior drill instructors and marines are molded at marine corps recruit depot parris island. A senior drill instructor is ultimately accountable for the training of the platoon and for the efficiency of his or her assistant drill instructors. although senior drill instructors are ncos (sergeants) or staff ncos, their position in the recruit training platoon is similar to that of a commissioned officer platoon commander in a line platoon. The head drill instructor is officially termed the senior drill instructor, or sdi, and must be addressed as such by recruits and drill instructors alike. often referred to simply as ‘seniors’ (and “as a platoon’s “daddy”” (miller, 2016)), the sdi’s often bond with the recruits and ensure that the di’s do not push recruits beyond unnecessary barriers or violate regulations. Drill instructor school conducts numerous programs of instruction (poi), including the military occupational speciality (mos) producing drill instructor course (mos 0911), the series commander course (for newly reporting company grade officers), the chief drill instructor course, the senior drill instructor course, the prior drill instructor course, and the company commander's course.
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