Riceball
Master Member
That's good to know. In 1987 I was about to graduate college and at one point I thought about joining up, but Full Metal Jacket came out that year. After seeing that I was like "Oh Hell No!!! You'll never get me into boot camp!!"
I was more disturbed by the actions of that drill sergeant than I was by the Vietnam stuff. I bet enlistment went down that year!
Drill Instructor, Marines have Drill Instructor, the Army has Drill Sergeants.
Anyway, the boot camp segment of Full Metal Jacket was pretty accurate although the physical stuff like the slapping and punching is really no longer a thing and you really don't spend that much time with your Senior DI, but the other (Junior) DIs are actually worse. But it does get better over time and by the last month or so of boot camp your DIs will seldom be yelling and screaming at you and your platoon mates.