[quadrant]

The NCO's who train Army recruits are not honored with the title of Drill Instructors but have to settle for the lesser appellation of Drill Sergeants. They are not addressed as "sir" and do not command the same respect, both within the Army and outside it, as do Marine Corps Drill Instructors, within the Corps and outside it.

[cll]

Agree. But it so happens that my head Drill Sgt. made E-6 in the USMC as a DI and instead of re-upping in the Corps went to the Army for reasons unknown, and insisted we called him DI and that's where I get it. He was the only Drill Sargeant in Ft. Dix allowed to wear the gold belt buckle on his field belt. I'm trying to recall his name...yes, SSG Manzanares. Not only did he yell at us a lot but also at the straight-Army DS's under him.