Is it ever possible for Army drill to end as late as 10?

I’m just guessing here, but I would bet that it ends when the drill sargent says so!

Why do you ask?

When I was in ROTC, drill occasionally lasted longer when we had it…. of course we didn’t start until 5pm and I see in your topics you have Army Reserve.

I am with @tedibear39 LOL, it is over when you are dismissed. Not before then :P

What @rahm_sahriv said.

Now drop and give us 20.

lol my bf said that his sgt failed his airborne PT test and he was worried the other privates wouldn’t pass so he made them do PT all morning from 5am..and then more PT when he got out to the company and a bunch of other things (I forget the term)...he said he didn’t get out until 10 or 11 last night. He’s just a PFC and that sounds like a lot of work. I thought about joining once but jeez.

Being the best is hard work, but very rewarding.

In Boot Camp, they generally stop by 2000 most days, and earlier on Sundays.
In the fleet, anything goes. They usually don’t run any drills between 2200 and 0600… unless you are an airdale, engineer, or stationed on a sub.

In the Persian Gulf, Engineering on my second boat would start their mainspace fire drills at 2200, sometimes not securing from drill and stowing gear until midnite or so. Kind of sucked for most of E and R divisions, but the guys in P-3 and P-4 were already working 2-on, 4-off so they were boned no matter what the drill scheduled was.

As for bubbleheads (submariners), they use an 18-hour day anyways; 6 of work, 6 of watch, and 6 hours off… unless there are drills.

Hell, even the school I went to had a lot of people going in well before class started at 0700 and you couldn’t really leave before 2200 if you wanted to get in all of your required study hours. Anything less than 85 hours a week (40 class plus 45 study) was considered “lack of effort” and anything under 75 for most people was enough to lose you a stripe, the school, and your enlistment bonus.

I’m not sure how the Army uses their time, but the Navy can be pretty damn ruthless.