"Back in the old Corp, we weren't training those privates to infiltrate into the peacetime Marine Corp. We were training those privates to go to Vietnam."

Old, Training, Vietnam

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"Back in the old Corp, we weren't training those privates to infiltrate into the peacetime Marine Corp. We were training those privates to go to Vietnam."

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"You'd be surprised how many kids and young people come to the website and send me email that they are actually going into the Marine Corp because of something that I said or did."

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"Back in those days intimidation was the greatest tool the drill instructor had. Without that tool, he would not have had control."

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"I disagree with a lot of those changes, however at the end of the day - I go down to recruit graduation at least once or twice a year."

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"When you try to find funding for a VVA function, it doesn't seem like it's any trouble at all. People come out of the woodwork with their money to help out because we went over and fought a war."

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

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"I firmly believe that you live and learn, and if you don't learn from past mistakes, then you need to be drug out and shot."

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"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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"Back in the old Corp, we weren't training those privates to infiltrate into the peacetime Marine Corp. We were training those privates to go to Vietnam."

Old, Training, Vietnam

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

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"I don't have any respect at all for the scum-bags who went to Canada to avoid the draft or to avoid doing their fair share."

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