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(I always interpreted Beta Company's "washout" DIs as being from Alpha Company, but S-II is more likely)
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{{Quote|I'm their drill instructor. I get to be [[SPARTAN-III program|their]] worst nightmare.|[[Franklin Mendez|Senior Chief Petty Officer Franklin Mendez]]<ref>'''[[Halo: Ghosts of Onyx]]''', ''page 72''</ref>}}
{{Quote|I'm their drill instructor. I get to be [[SPARTAN-III program|their]] worst nightmare.|[[Franklin Mendez|Senior Chief Petty Officer Franklin Mendez]]<ref>'''[[Halo: Ghosts of Onyx]]''', ''page 72''</ref>}}


A '''drill instructor''' ('''DI'''), sometimes referred to as '''drill sergeants''',<ref name="cp106">'''[[Halo: The Cole Protocol]]''', ''page 106''</ref> is a [[UNSC rank structure|non-commissioned officer]] serving in the [[UNSC Defense Force]] specially assigned to train recruits, introducing them to the military way of life. A drill instructor was to encourage, teach, and train recruits to set themselves to the highest possible standards of personal conduct and professional skill.<ref>'''[[Halo: Contact Harvest]]''', ''page 172''</ref> One of the several duties of a drill instructor was to stop exhausted and stressed recruits from taking their frustrations and anger out on each other and instead allow the recruits to take their anger out on themselves. Eventually, if the drill instructor did a proper job, the recruits would come to admire the drill instructor.<ref>'''Halo: Contact Harvest''', ''page 82''</ref> Drill instructors would lead [[physical training]] exercises or even participate in live-fire practice exercises against their own recruits.<ref>'''Halo: Contact Harvest''', ''page 214''</ref><ref name="goo89">'''Halo: Ghosts of Onyx''', ''page 89''</ref>
A '''drill instructor''' ('''DI'''), sometimes referred to as a '''drill sergeant''',<ref name="cp106">'''[[Halo: The Cole Protocol]]''', ''page 106''</ref> is a [[UNSC rank structure|non-commissioned officer]] serving in the [[UNSC Defense Force]] specially assigned to train recruits, introducing them to the military way of life. A drill instructor is to encourage, teach, and train recruits to set themselves to the highest possible standards of personal conduct and professional skill.<ref>'''[[Halo: Contact Harvest]]''', ''page 172''</ref> One of the several duties of a drill instructor is to stop exhausted and stressed recruits from taking their frustrations and anger out on each other and instead allow the recruits to take their anger out on themselves. Eventually, if the drill instructor does a proper job, the recruits will come to admire the drill instructor.<ref>'''Halo: Contact Harvest''', ''page 82''</ref> Drill instructors lead [[physical training]] exercises or even participate in live-fire practice exercises (using [[TTR]] or [[stun round]]s) against their own recruits.<ref>'''Halo: Contact Harvest''', ''page 214''</ref><ref name="goo89">'''Halo: Ghosts of Onyx''', ''page 89''</ref>


Drill instructors are used with in the several branches of the UNSC Defense Force, including the [[UNSC Marine Corps]] and the [[UNSC Navy|Navy]]. Drill instructors were also used as [[Officer Candidate School]]s, including [[Academy at Mare Nubium|Luna OCS Academy]].<ref name="cp106"/> The [[Colonial Militia]]'s drill instructors were non-commissioned officers that served in other branches of the UNSC and [[Colonial Militia Training|trained]] a planetary paramilitary force.<ref>'''Halo: Contact Harvest''', ''page 122''</ref> In the [[SPARTAN-II program]], there was a naval drill instructor for each individual Spartan trainee. The SPARTAN-IIs were introduced to their drill instructors the day after they were kidnapped from their homes and brought to [[Reach]].<ref>'''[[Halo: The Fall of Reach]]''', ''page 45'' (2010 edition)</ref><ref>'''Halo: The Cole Protocol''', ''pages 75-76''</ref> In the [[SPARTAN-III program]], there were only seventy-two hand-picked drill instructors for over three hundred trainees.<ref>'''Halo: Ghosts of Onyx''', ''page 67''</ref> Some of the DIs were medics and washouts from the SPARTAN-II program.<ref>'''Halo: Ghosts of Onyx''', ''page 94''</ref> The drill instructors of the SPARTAN-III program occasionally donned [[Semi-Powered Infiltration armor|Mark II Semi-Powered Infiltration armor]] during live-fire training exercises.<ref name="goo89"/> [[Franklin Mendez|Chief Petty Officer Franklin Mendez]] led the drill instructors that trained both the SPARTAN-IIs and the SPARTAN-IIIs.<ref name="enc74">'''[[Halo Encyclopedia]]''', ''page 74'' (2011 edition)</ref>
Drill instructors are used in the several branches of the UNSC, including the [[UNSC Marine Corps]] and the [[UNSC Navy|Navy]]. Drill instructors are also found in [[Officer Candidate School]]s, including [[Academy at Mare Nubium|Luna OCS Academy]].<ref name="cp106"/> The [[Colonial Militia]]'s drill instructors are non-commissioned officers that serve in other branches of the UNSC and [[Colonial Militia Training|train]] a planetary paramilitary force.<ref>'''Halo: Contact Harvest''', ''page 122''</ref> In the [[SPARTAN-II program]], there was a naval drill instructor for each individual Spartan trainee. The SPARTAN-IIs were introduced to their drill instructors the day after they were kidnapped from their homes and brought to [[Reach]].<ref>'''[[Halo: The Fall of Reach]]''', ''page 45'' (2010 edition)</ref><ref>'''Halo: The Cole Protocol''', ''pages 75-76''</ref> In the [[SPARTAN-III program]], there were only seventy-two hand-picked drill instructors for over three hundred trainees.<ref>'''Halo: Ghosts of Onyx''', ''page 67''</ref> Some of the DIs were medics and washouts from the SPARTAN-II program.<ref>'''Halo: Ghosts of Onyx''', ''page 94''</ref> The drill instructors of the SPARTAN-III program occasionally donned [[Semi-Powered Infiltration armor|Mark II Semi-Powered Infiltration armor]] during live-fire training exercises.<ref name="goo89"/> [[Franklin Mendez|Chief Petty Officer Franklin Mendez]] led the drill instructors that trained both the SPARTAN-IIs and the SPARTAN-IIIs.<ref name="enc74">'''[[Halo Encyclopedia]]''', ''page 74'' (2011 edition)</ref>


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