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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Some are, some aren’t. Certain branches are more than others. They’re definitely loud at a bare minimum. In my experience (Air Force), they’re more stereotypical during the first few weeks and as time went on, they loosened up.
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