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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The first couple of days they will be loud, in your face, and pick on every incorrect thing you do. But in the end, they are instructors, and they will be there to instruct you how to be a soldier. I grew to really respect and admire mine, they work harder than you do.
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