Yes, we the Drill Instructors are trained to be Drill instructors. The pressures of Bootcamp are challenging both physically and mentally. These challenges bring outthe good and the bad, makes a person look at themselves. Evaluate themselves, and how they will handle that presure. Those demands are usually basic int nature but we understand it as HARD LOVE!
It's amazing how after just 9 weeks, the metmophasis is complete or nearly complete. Usually it doesn't take this long. ALlof the failures of the schools come out also. Many can't read, they go thru remedial reading,same with math. Many personalities are weeded out, not just discharged either. Some are, with recommendations for further medical/psyc treatment. They are identified.
Bootcamp is for everyone, Marine Bootcamp is the toughest.If you make it through any of the MIlitary bootcamps, you have gained a tremendous amount in self esteem and character building and Patriotism! This is why I believe the Draft should be brought back. It gives the person a sense of direction and confidence. A 2 year hitch is fine, Long enough to find yourseld and get your feet on the ground and short enough that it doesn't feel like a life time.
Bump, very true, Marine Corp Boot Camp was the best thing that ever happened to me, even thought at the time I thought I had died and gone to hell.