[oh8eleven]

I went through PI in 1966 and how that era's training was represented in Full Metal Jacket was just the tip of the iceberg.
I most certainly do not condone brutality, however, the methods used by my DIs had a purpose and we knew it.
Semper Fi ...

[kellynla]

“I went through PI in 1966 and how that era’s training was represented in Full Metal Jacket was just the tip of the iceberg.
I most certainly do not condone brutality, however, the methods used by my DIs had a purpose and we knew it.
Semper Fi”

Couldn’t have said it better myself.

Semper Fi,
Kelly

[BwanaNdege]

First day at Parris Island, our Senior DI held up the folder with the SOP, said "This is what we can and cannot do to you." and then threw this in the GI can.

We knew we were in trouble then!

However, the first time I was shot at in Vietnam, my reflexes, trained by all the "mistreatment" from my DIs, put me on the ground BEFORE my ears interpreted the sound of the shots. I was ready to sign my next paycheck over to my DIs.

"He who sweats much in peace bleeds least in war!"