“The esprit-de-corps that we learned from them was different. “All the cadre we had there were former WAC drill sergeants,” said Dehorty. It’s merely a fact of her own experiences as a trainee at Fort McClellan in 1981. (Retired) Jennifer Dehorty, cemetery director intern, National Cemetery Administration, Veterans Affairs.ĭehorty’s statement is not exaggeration. “Those six women and that hat transformed the entire Army…and my life,” said Command Sgt. Upon graduation, they were authorized to wear the newly designed female drill sergeant hat that was designed by Brig. In February 1972, six Woman Army Corps noncommissioned officers from Fort McClellan, Ala., enrolled in the Drill Sergeant Program at Fort Jackson, S.C. It just hasn’t been around as long, or as much, but it certainly has history. However, the female drill sergeant hat holds just as much responsibility. The hat that comes to mind for most, is the male drill sergeant hat, the brown round. When people see a Soldier wearing it, they immediately feel respect because they know it is a job that is earned, not given. Campaign Hats, sometimes referred to as "Smokeys" because similar hats are worn by Highway Patrols across the nation, may be retained upon detachment from the qualifying duty or unit.The drill sergeant hat is an icon in the Army that creates vivid images. Our Marine Corps Drill Instructor Hats come complete with a subdued USMC branch of service insignia. Drill Instructors at the Naval Aviation Officer Candidate School are also authorized to wear the hat, as are Range Officers at the USMC Combat Development Command at Quantico and members of the USMC Rifle and Pistol Teams (Regular and Reserves) that are funded by Headquarters Marine Corps. The vast majority of Marines authorized to wear the hat (upon the approval of commanding generals) serve in roles at recruit depots/recruit rifle ranges among these are assigned Drill Instructors, Sergeants Major of Recruit Training Regiments, Recruit Company First Sergeants, Primary Marksmanship Instructors (conducting recruit marksmanship training), Chief Marksmanship Instructors, Range Officers, and Line NCOs and Coaches. Today, the Campaign Hat is worn only with the duty uniform of a small number authorized Marines, and even they may not wear it while on leave or liberty or while in formation with troops (except as necessary for Drill Instructors). South Carolina, who felt they conveyed the appropriate level of responsibility and authority that resided with Drill Instructors. Ferrigno, the Field Sergeant Major of Recruit Training Command at Parris Island. The idea was actually the brainchild of W.G. In 1956, United States Marine Corps Commandant Randolph Pate issued a directive that Campaign Hats be issued to all Drill Instructors, replacing the utility covers of garrison caps that had previously been worn with the uniform of the day. It was also worn by Marines during the so-called “Banana Wars” that began in the early 1900s and led to actions in Panama, Nicaragua, Honduras, Haiti, and the Dominican Republic. But it wasn’t until after the Army authorized the M1911 Montana-peaked hat that its wear became widespread, first during the Mexican Expedition of 1916 – 1917 and then during World War I.
Army soldiers posted to the Western frontier in the mid-1800s. Originally called a Campaign Hat, the hat worn by Drill Instructors and other select personnel in the United States Marine Corps traces its origins back to the broad-brimmed hats favored by U.S.
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