ġ458.05: Mid-stride, like a slow motion movie, SFC Grinston slows his gate and cocks his head toward the soldiers, with a “what the did I just hear” face. A soft cacophony of voices from rebellious but terrified privates.ġ458: CPT (random female SJA) walks onto the stage with SFC Grinston.ġ458.03: A loud, crisp, clear, cat call whistle. The end is almost here.Įthics and EO, guest instructor, SJA Office.ġ457: Stage is empty. Last class, then the drill sergeants get to go home. Get the instructors on stage, sit down somewhere, make sure the trainees don’t fall asleep. Chairs filled with baby soldiers, still with mama’s milk on their lip.Īn easy training day, random classes by outside presenters.
Picture this: A small, flat, auditorium style room, elevated stage up front. The original Reddit post has been edited lightly for style and clarity: I hope those soldiers understood that after our corrective training and continue to live by the values instilled at initial entry training.”īased on the Reddit thread that surfaced nearly a quarter of a century later, it certainly seems at least one - and likely many more - remember the lesson well.
“I’ve never tolerated harassment in any form. Grinston, for his part, has not forgotten either, telling Army Times, “I remember that story very clearly,” he said. Looking back on that day in 1998, Furman says it helped shape his view of service in the Army and “that harassment of that type would not and should not be tolerated in the military.” With the caveat that some of the details are hazy, given the gap in time, Furman noted that throughout it all, Grinston, who was the unit’s senior drill sergeant, hammered home the why behind the training: “Reinstilling Army values, talking about how harassment is not tolerated, this type of behavior is not tolerated, every soldier is equal, we don’t treat anybody different because of their race, gender, nationality and that type of behavior would not be tolerated in the military.”
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