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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Modern drill sergeants don’t yell like you see in movies, but what you see in movies was true to the time. The belief then was two fold. One: enforce good order and discipline by accepting no mistakes no matter how small. The job was to break down civilians and turn them into soldiers who follow orders. Two: Induce stress. War is hard, combat is harder. Soldiers need to experience stress so they can function on a battle field in a stressful situation.
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