In American media, Drill Sergeants are often portrayed as mean and shouty. Yelling at recruits / treating them like garbage.
The only thing I could think of is that they’re going for a “military service is hard so I’m going to make this as unpleasant for you as possible because life is hard” kind of thing, but couldn’t discipline be instilled in soldiers without the yelling and humiliation? Why is this the only way?
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I went to Paris Island back when Krulak was commandant and the corps was in the early phases of transitioning to the “Crucible.” There was a lot of confusion on how to treat recruits and much of that showed in how the DIs treated us. They were from a different era, and weren’t allowed to make direct physical contact, but a small water cooler could hit you in the face and no one would say a word. Even in sere training, the old salts were only allowed to lock you palcons and use “open hand” contact. They rarely played by that rule, though. Sorry if I didn’t fully answer your question. It’s just how I remember it.
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