[boop]

I worked with a (liberal) doctor who was in boot camp at Parris Island during Vietnam.

I asked him if Full Metal Jacket was in any way realistic.

He said yes, not that much different. It was brutal. But they can't do things like that anymore.

(Like punching recruits.)

[oh8eleven]

I asked him if Full Metal Jacket was in any way realistic.
I was Parris Island in 1966 and when people asked me if PI was as bad as depicted in FMJ, I always said no ....... it was a hell of a lot worse.