 Back in those days intimidation was the greatest tool the drill instructor had. Without that tool, he would not have had control. |
| I was stationed at a marine recruit depot in San Diego from 1965 to 1967. |
| I got space from Travis Air Force Base, went back to the Philippine Islands and made it a point to meet the only American casting director in the Philippines. I was off and running. |
| I honestly do feel that I am a role model for young people. |
| It's my firm conviction that when Uncle Sam calls, by God we go, and we do the best that we can. |
| America's trying to do the best for its veterans. |
| There's a lot of whiners in every crowd. |
| That's all I cared about too, was getting it right. |
| Kubrick's films have life - they just never die. |
| We had times in '66 and '67 when we would pick up a platoon of privates out of the receiving barracks the week before we even graduated the platoon that we were on! |
| I disagree with a lot of those changes, however at the end of the day - I go down to recruit graduation at least once or twice a year. |
| The biggest problem was the politicians knew nothing about fighting a war. |
| It's been a pretty fun ride, to tell you the truth. |
| Drill instructors worked seven days a week, fifteen to seventeen hours a day in many cases, with no time off in between platoons. |
| You'd be surprised how many kids and young people come to the website and send me email that they are actually going into the Marine Corp because of something that I said or did. |
| The bad news motivated the drill instructors that much more. |
| I firmly believe that you live and learn, and if you don't learn from past mistakes, then you need to be drug out and shot. |
| Back in the old Corp, we weren't training those privates to infiltrate into the peacetime Marine Corp. We were training those privates to go to Vietnam. |
| The drill instructor must have total and complete control. Mindless obedience is what he's after. |
| Without discipline, there is no Marine Corp. |
