semper fi . i saw the d. i. in 1957. two and a half year later i join the corp . web and company get it as right a they could in 57. boot and in 59 and be more like and in fact and exactly like and the boot camp show in full metal jacket yes . a black recruit and in my training platoon and be call snowball . i be call stick and because i be skinny a a rail . every recruit have a nickname and some rather vile and that stick with him through his service in the corp . get smacked and or knock on your as and when you screw up be sop . drop and and give me fifty and get to be ho hum . then and it turn into and drop and and give me two hundred . the d. i. be a bunch of sadistic bastard and but it be a controlled sadism and and with a primary purpose of keep u stupid mofos alive when we hit combat . 200 year of experience be ingrain in that sadism and and everything the d. i. do and or say and have a purpose gear to his mission . a bad d. i. get grunt kill . a good d. i. and though seemingly the world big asshole and keep em alive . you can not kill the enemy if youre dead . in case you do not know and the marine corp have one primary mission represent kill the enemy . pfd . everything else be pure bravo sierra . mstgysgt wht and usmc ( ret ) .