"Shark attacks" are meant to allow drill sergeants to establish dominance over trainees early on. The Army has moved away ...

Pete Hegseth may reinstate the aggressive "shark attack" practice used by drill sergeants to train U.S. Army recruits, which was largely ended in 2020.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth may bring back the practice of several Army drill sergeants swarming and screaming at recruits ...

Army drill sergeants participate in a “shark attack” as trainees arrive on the first day of Basic Combat Training on June 12, 2017. Army photo by Sgt. Philip McTaggart.

In July 2020, Oller graduated from the Army’s basic Public Affairs course at the Defense Information School, Fort Meade, Maryland.

Fort Jackson, which recruits nearly 50,000 combat trainees each year, is the Army’s largest training base. Since 2020, at least five people have died there while undergoing basic combat training.

Soldiers fire the M4 carbine during marksmanship training at the indoor range Caserma Del Din, Vicenza, Italy, July 9, 2020. (Davide Dalla Massara/Army) When you cave in to a local recruiter and ...