U.S. Army Drill Sergeant Staff Sgt. Ralph Bird, with the New Jersey National Guard’s Recruit Sustainment Program, stands for a portrait at the National Guard Training Center in Sea Girt, N.J., Oct. 19, 2019. The Recruit Sustainment Program is a program of the United States Army National Guard designed to introduce new recruits to the fundamentals of the U.S. Army before they leave for Basic Combat Training and Advanced Individual Training.