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Yes, I read that.

It's exactly my point.

He's been coddled by his mommy, and there's no mention of any male influence in his life since the death of his father. One has to go on the information presented.

Other than his mother's assertion of the father's negative Marine experience, he has no concept of military commitment.

I will concede that, metaphorically, once in a while a sheep will beget a sheepdog, but the odds are against it.

My mother wasn't particularly ecstatic over my enlistment in the Army (most American mothers would have at least some reservations about a son choosing the profession of arms, the good ones overcome them by accepting their sons' choices, and/or realizing it's for the betterment of both the son, and our society).

My father, however was tickled pink, he had been through WWII, and knew both sides of war.

If the kid can get some positive male influence in the form of a hard-assed DI, and it sticks, all the better.

But it will never happen w/mommy and sissie physically dragging him out of the MEPS station.

He's been conditioned to be a sheep, and it's probably not worth the effort to try to make him a warrior.

There are plenty of sheep jobs for him.

JMO