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...shape-ups and there's altogether too much flirting between men and women. For most of this century, basic training was a deliberately harsh introduction to military life, a daily dose of screaming drill instructors dishing out vulgarity and physical intimidation to mortify--and motivate--trainees. These days drill sergeants spend more time mentoring than menacing. "We're no longer the charge-the-beach, stogie-in-the-mouth, cussing, hard-drinking, woman-chasing, World War II guy," says Senior Master Sergeant Paula Byrnes, who supervises basic training at Lackland Air Force Base in San Antonio, Texas. As the military...
...number of recruits who wash out after fewer than six months--which is how long it takes most members of the service to complete basic plus some advanced training--has climbed by a third over the past decade. "What we're ending up with is a kinder, gentler drill sergeant who is trying to keep attrition down," says Charles Moskos, a leading military sociologist at Northwestern University. "And kinder, gentler drill instructors are not necessarily creating the kind of force you want to go to war." Although the military denies it, many male soldiers and outside experts also believe that...
...Boston, though, is getting cocky. "If we let up, the homicides could come right back again," warns Sergeant Kathleen Johnston, who is responsible for safety in the Boston public schools. "They are like a chronic disease...
...real goal: getting to a phone to call their parents. But this conflicts starkly with the spirit that had them freewheeling across the neighborhood. "There are just too many pay phones between where they got off the train and where they were attacked," says Flint police sergeant Thomas Korabik. "They are trying to make themselves look better...
WASHINGTON, D.C.: TIME's Mark Thompson reports that while Army Sergeant Major Gene McKinney has been on the ropes since being charged with sexual misconduct by four lower-ranking female soldiers, today's allegation of sexual misconduct against a female officer completely seals his fate. "He was toast before today's charge, and he's really toast now. Originally, when (Retired Sergeant Major) Brenda Hoster was out there solo, it was at least possible McKinney was innocent. But when charges were finally brought and there were four women, questions (of innocence) were resolved for most people. The fact that...