South Carolina General Assembly
120th Session, 2013-2014
S.1275
STATUS INFORMATION
Concurrent Resolution
Sponsors: Senator Lourie
Document Path: l:\council\bills\rm\1580ab14.docx
Introduced in the Senate on May 6, 2014
Introduced in the House on May 7, 2014
Adopted by the General Assembly on May 7, 2014
Summary: Drill Sergeants of the United States Army
HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS
DateBodyAction Description with journal page number
5/6/2014SenateIntroduced, adopted, sent to House (Senate Journalpage3)
5/7/2014HouseIntroduced, adopted, returned with concurrence (House Journalpage15)
VERSIONS OF THIS BILL
5/6/2014
ACONCURRENT RESOLUTION
TO HONOR AND COMMEND THE DRILL SERGEANTS OF THE UNITED STATES ARMY FOR THEIR OUTSTANDING SERVICE, TO CONGRATULATE THE U.S. ARMY DRILL SERGEANT PROGRAM ON ITS FIFTIETH ANNIVERSARY, AND TO DECLARE SEPTEMBER 10, 2014, AS “ARMY DRILL SERGEANT RECOGNITION DAY” IN SOUTH CAROLINA.
Whereas, the South Carolina General Assembly is pleased to learn that the U.S. Army Drill Sergeant Program will celebrate its fiftieth anniversary on September 10, 2014; and
Whereas, history records that in September 1964 the Fort Leonard Wood Drill Sergeant School in Missouri began training noncommissioned officers for drill sergeant duties; and
Whereas, as a result of the establishment of this school, the training of American soldiers was to achieve a new level of excellence, one primarily due to the labors of the topquality drill sergeants that emergedfrom the school’s program; and
Whereas, today’s drill sergeants, trained since 2011 at the Army’s Fort Jackson Drill Sergeant School, serve at four Army installations: Fort Benning, Georgia; Fort Sill, Oklahoma; Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri; and Fort Jackson. In addition, the U.S. Army Reserve has drill sergeants in its three training divisions throughout the United States. Approximately two thousand nine hundred drill sergeants in the active Army and about three thousand in the Army Reserve serve as drill sergeants to today’s soldiers; and
Whereas, a drill sergeant is responsible for coaching, counseling, and mentoring hundreds, if not thousands, of soldiers for the purpose of transforming them from civilians to combatready soldiers; and
Whereas, individually and collectively, drill sergeants symbolize excellence in initial entry training, are experts in all warrior tasks and battle drills, live out Army values, exemplify the warrior ethos, and, most important, are the epitome of the Army as a profession. Grateful for their faithful service, the General Assembly takes great pleasure in saluting such a fine body of servicemen and women. Now, therefore,
Be it resolved by the Senate, the House of Representatives concurring:
Thatthe members of the South Carolina General Assembly, by this resolution, honor and commend the drill sergeants of the United States Army for their outstanding service, congratulate the U.S. Army Drill Sergeant Program on its fiftieth anniversary, and declare September 10, 2014, as “Army Drill Sergeant Recognition Day” in South Carolina.
Be it further resolved that a copy of this resolution be provided to the U.S. Army Drill Sergeant School at Fort Jackson.
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