Recruits carrying weapons during boot camp "is another reminder that you’re in the profession of arms,” the chief master sergeant of the Air Force said.
Female recruits claimed the drill instructor asked them if their “hot moms or sisters” were coming to graduation and made some recruits do his laundry.
Then-Cpl. Peyton Nott also received an award for taking on a billet typically reserved for gunnery sergeants, enlisted Marines with years' more experience.