31.   Cortner said during her basic training she saw drill sergeants abuse their power and female trainees who started inappropriate relationships with superior officers.

32.   Despite losing his temper Sunday, Van Gundy has neither the ego nor the desire to start acting like a drill sergeant every day.

33.   Drill sergeants chartered buses every three or four weeks for the journey south to Laredo.

34.   Drill sergeants are entrusted with absolute authority over young recruits, who must obey their every order, no matter how unreasonable it may seem.

35.   Drill sergeants do not deny that some in their ranks may be guilty of sexual misconduct.

36.   Each young man clutched the exact change in his left hand, just as the drill sergeant yelled at them to do.

37.   Eighteen male drill sergeants were convicted of sexually abusing female recruits at the bases in Maryland and Missouri.

38.   Drill sergeants are prohibited under military law from fraternizing with trainees and are subject to punishment for infractions under the Uniform Code of Military Justice.

39.   Former Marine drill sergeants try to whip teams of civilian recruits into shape.

40.   Fore is the second drill sergeant at Fort Leonard Wood this fall to be convicted of sexually related crimes.