Marksmanship is a perishable skill that needs to be developed separately from war fighting, said Staff Sgt. Brian Schacht, one of the USAMU instructors. By making Soldiers expert marksmen first, commanders save time and resources during combat fighting training.
Young Goodman Brown is often characterized as an allegory about the recognition of evil and depravity as the nature of humanity. Much of Hawthorne's fiction, such as The Scarlet Letter, is set in 17th-century colonial America, particularly Salem Village.
The movie is set in Sandusky, Ohio, in 1984, and said to be based in part on the memories of its writer, Todd Stephens. It was an era when flamboyantly gay pop acts were highly visible, and the film cites Boy George and Bronski Beat.