Video RSS: Female Drill Instructors and Poolees

From the Archives: Published on March 29, 2016

Sgt. Michelle Vazquez, a drill instructor, and Evalena Urena, an enlistee in the Marine Corps' delayed entry program, share their unique views on the relationship between drill instructors and their recruits during a Recruiting Station Albany, New York, training event at Watervliet Arsenal, Watervliet, New York, March 26, 2016. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Sgt. Matthew Callahan and Sgt. Tyler Marchetti/Released)

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