That's all I cared about too, was getting it right.
The biggest problem was the politicians knew nothing about fighting a war.
The drill instructor must have total and complete control. Mindless obedience is what he's after.
There have been a lot of changes in recruit training in the past twenty years.
It's been a pretty fun ride, to tell you the truth.
When you try to find funding for a VVA function, it doesn't seem like it's any trouble at all. People come out of the woodwork with their money to help out because we went over and fought a war.
Without discipline, there is no Marine Corp.
There was a huge, tremendous amount of disabled veterans and the Veteran's Administration just wasn't geared up for it. I know for a fact that it's getting better and better.
You'd be surprised how many kids and young people come to the website and send me email that they are actually going into the Marine Corp because of something that I said or did.