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 go the VA Hospital when I have a problem and the doctor jumps on...

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I got to write most of everything I said.

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

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

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

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

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

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There have been a lot of changes in recruit training in the past twenty years.

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

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I honestly do feel that I am a role model for young people.