[DemforBush]

I imagine a lot of FReepers have seen this one before, but for those who haven't, it's really quite a treat.

[nickcarraway]

Does he have any copper clappers?

[GeronL]

thanks

[Morgana]

[Robwin]

I recall that movie from when I was a boy. It presented a most appealing picture of what it was like to be in the military and what it was like to be a man.

What was the sex of that flea you just killed?

[teeker]

I loved this film (they never seem to show it on television anymore). Jack Webb in one of his best roles (did they ever find that dead sand flea?).

[righttackle44]

LOL. Many contemporary Marines—including my son—don’t know what pogey-bait is.

[Lizavetta]

My father wrote the screenplay. One of his first.

[Mike Darancette]

S^%$ can reveille. Usually the container is thrown across the barracks.

[zeestephen]

One thing jumped out at me.

The recruits are calling Sergeant Jack Webb, “Sir.”

Is that a script error, or was the military protocol different in those days?

[doorgunner69]

I actually had a DI that was often hilarious, to the detriment of the platoon. If we laughed, hell would descend on us.

We lived in Quonset huts, so rousting out at 0430 or whatever was not the raucous routine as Webb did here. It was a trash can tossed into the hut.

[fella]

Rifles stowed in racks in the middle of the bay. Not in todays military when tyrants fear the military and make war on them while they serve and after.

[jstaff]

Oh how I miss the good old days.

[GreenHornet]

Here’s a little-known fact for ya, Sammy: Jack Webb turned down the role of Dean Vernon Wormer in “Animal House.”

[gunnyg]

webb wasn’t a Marine, however, he did the best acting portrayal of a Marine (and Gunny/T/Sgt)I have seen ever!
Bar none!

I have this and some info re ribbon creek, plt #71, etc. posted online...

Semper Fidelis
Dick.G: AMERICAN!
aka: Gunny G
******

[MasterGunner01]

Before there was R. Lee Ermey as GySgt Hartman in “Full Metal Jacket”, there was Jack Webb as SSgt Moore in “The D.I.”. Webb owned the role as the crusty D.I. until R. Lee Ermey came along later.

As a kid growing up in the 1950’s, “The D.I.” was a gut check for kids in high school that were facing the draft. In my case (1964), I opted for the Naval Reserve and its delayed entry program. The program allowed me to go to college for a year's deferral and tack a year onto the end of my enlistment; my first enlistment wound up being 10 years instead of the usual six. Delayed entry allowed me to go onto active duty as an E-5 instead of an E-2 or E-3. That was a big difference. Entering active duty as an E-5 at 23 was very different than an an E-2 at 18 as far as maturity went.