Drill instructors worked seven days a week, fifteen to seventeen hours a day in many cases, with no time off in between platoons.

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I don't have any respect at all for the scum-bags who went to Canada to...

I don't have any respect at all for the scum-bags who went to Canada to...

I was stationed at a marine recruit depot in San Diego from 1965 to 1967.

I was stationed at a marine recruit depot in San Diego from 1965 to 1967.

We had times in '66 and '67 when we would pick up a platoon of...

We had times in '66 and '67 when we would pick up a platoon of...

Kubrick's films have life - they just never die.

Kubrick's films have life - they just never die.

There's a lot of whiners in every crowd.

There's a lot of whiners in every crowd.

It's been a pretty fun ride, to tell you the truth.

It's been a pretty fun ride, to tell you the truth.

The biggest problem was the politicians knew nothing about fighting a war.

The biggest problem was the politicians knew nothing about fighting a war.

Without discipline, there is no Marine Corp.

Without discipline, there is no Marine Corp.

I firmly believe that you live and learn, and if you don't learn from past...

I firmly believe that you live and learn, and if you don't learn from past...

You'd be surprised how many kids and young people come to the website and send...

You'd be surprised how many kids and young people come to the website and send...

The drill instructor must have total and complete control. Mindless obedience is what he's after.

The drill instructor must have total and complete control. Mindless obedience is what he's after.

Back in those days intimidation was the greatest tool the drill instructor had. Without that...

Back in those days intimidation was the greatest tool the drill instructor had. Without that...

There was a huge, tremendous amount of disabled veterans and the Veteran's Administration just wasn't...

There was a huge, tremendous amount of disabled veterans and the Veteran's Administration just wasn't...

I disagree with a lot of those changes, however at the end of the day...

I disagree with a lot of those changes, however at the end of the day...

When you try to find funding for a VVA function, it doesn't seem like it's...

When you try to find funding for a VVA function, it doesn't seem like it's...

Back in the old Corp, we weren't training those privates to infiltrate into the peacetime...

Back in the old Corp, we weren't training those privates to infiltrate into the peacetime...

It's my firm conviction that when Uncle Sam calls, by God we go, and we...

It's my firm conviction that when Uncle Sam calls, by God we go, and we...

Part of me suspects that I'm a loser, and the other part of me thinks...

Part of me suspects that I'm a loser, and the other part of me thinks...

I've met God across his long walnut desk with his diplomas hanging on the wall...

I've met God across his long walnut desk with his diplomas hanging on the wall...

God is the judge: he putteth down one, and setteth up another.

God is the judge: he putteth down one, and setteth up another.