Generation Y

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Generation Y
By Jennifer H. Svan, Stars and Stripes
Pacific edition, Sunday, November 3, 2008

Recruits are in for a surprise when they show up at the U.S. Army Training Center in Fort Jackson, S.C.

Drill sergeants don’t scream in their faces, though they occasionally raise their voices to something short of a yell. They run when recruits run, gut out the confidence obstacle course and carry backpacks lockstep with their charges on drill marches.

They are mentors, not bullies.

"They expect barking drill sergeants, ‘Full Metal Jacket’ type leadership," said Army Brig. Gen. James Schwitters, whose three-year command of the training center ended this summer. "This generation just doesn’t respond to that kind of authority."

A new generation of drill instructors is leading a new generation of future soldiers.


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