There are a lot of complainers I know. What's coming at us shortly will leave none left to complain.

You were inspired by a movie and still others have been inspired since Roman times and before. Young men want to defend their nation. It's what we do... Semper Fi, DS Wiggins Maj USMC ret

I enlisted in the AF at 18/19 after receiving a draft notice. I had 2 brothers in the AF too. I spent 3.5 years in Missouri, 12 months in DaNang (65/66) and the remainder of 9 in Germany. In DaNang we received many mortars to the base, a few dumb ammo dump explosion by the ARVN. I knew of a few of those killed either on the flight line or on security post (one youngster was maybe 17). We did not suffer what the airbases did in later years 70's. Of course on base we didn't have the firefights or confrontations the Marines and Army did. To be honest I didn't have a clue why we were there other than following orders. I will never regret my experience in the military and made many buddies/friends I keep in touch occasionally today. Most are dead from various age or cancer related issues. My best bud in DaNang William V (Oberg) died from exposure to Agent Orange many years later. I am 84 now.

@@LymanSheba. Welcome Home. God Bless from a 23 year Army & Desert Shield/Storm Vet

I joined the Marines six days out of high school in June of '68. After boot camp at Parris Island and ITR at Camp Lejuenne (Giger), I spent a few months at Quantico being trained as a computer programmer of all things. I spent a year at MCAS El Toro, CA and a year at Camp SD Butler on Okinawa. I ran a computer program that processed supplies headed to Vietnam. I always figured that they didn't make me a "grunt" because my hearing was just good enough to enlist but I did have some high frequency hearing loss. Just one of the many Marines who served in support of those "real Marines" who did the fighting and dying. Semper Fi.

My brother Scott was the sixth of us seven children and had wanted to be a "soldier" since he he was a toddler. We older kids were over-achievers. Our oldest brother was an engineer who developed solid fuels for the Space program and another brother was a star college basketball player and was making serious jack on Wall Street. I had books published when I was just in high school. Scott came to me his senior year and asked me how to approach Mom and Dad. He was so afraid that his choice of going into the military instead of college would disappoint them. Being the good big brother I am, I called him a dumb knucklehead, gave him a wedgie, and pointed out to him that we had the greatest parents a kid could ask for. All they ever expected from their children was to be a good person and to do the best you could do with your abilities. Mom and Dad, along with the rest of us kids, backed Scotty's decision 100% and i believe that support furthered his confidence in his decision. He was born with natural leadership skills and self-discipline and was a perfect fit for military service. He served 20 years in the USMC and we couldn't have been more proud of him. Though I still give him wedgies...

Good for You! Life challenged You, and You rose to the occasion! You evolved. / Evolution is The Key. /

Go Marines.... Happy Fourth, Marine!❤❤

Yes, I know the feeling. Army boot camp made me realize that strength is not equal to size.

Not Bad for a Air Force Man, Semper -Fi J.W.

Yes! Jack Webb was absolutely BRILLIANT in this role!!!

​@@antonbruce1241Joe Friday rocks! He was also in Sunset Boulevard from 1950.

Best line in the film: "Idiot!!"

And it was still running 2 years later at the same USO. Semper Fi

Semper fi

Vietnam 67-68 G-3-11

Nothing like sharing a commonality of of pain and commitment between warriors.......especially when they are bound by blood...........gunny sends

it was real except in the movie the D.I doesn't curse or hit the recruits

Thank you for your families service

Semper Fi!

@@lestermount3287 Oh but he still made it hurt (the funeral fora sand flea, and smokin' 'em for laughing in barracks).

...when were you a Drill sergeant at Dix??? I took basic there in June - July 1971 (A-3-3)

i did MCRD , turned into a pking lot , no platoons on grinder . I called d c . got a chiled on phone , didn't care .

Well Bill my father visited Paris Island a few months before Full Metal Jacket came out, he died most unexpectedly in 1993 about a month after he turned 60.

I graduated in Sept ‘81 from the Thumpin’ Third. PI. Went back in ‘09 to see my nephew graduate. The grinder is only half of what it was. They built a huge building for indoor ceremonies on one side of it across from 2nd Battalion. I was actually disappointed. The place looked run down. None of the trees were whitewashed. Sidewalks cracking. Even the Iwo statue looked dilapidated. Don’t go back.

I graduated from PI in 1969. I can't go back, I still owe my Sr. DI (GySgt. Harrah) some push ups.

@@jkillgrove 😂

1954 U.S.Army. did't have that "What Have I done" thing as we were drafted!

LOL I remember thinking " I think I made a big big mistake " , yes I joined

Absolutely. The first night in Air Force Basic, I thought the same thing: "What have I done?"

Same thing. Army, 1986, that first night thinking, "oh my God, what have a got myself into?!"

My story: So some E5 that looked like Chesty picked us up at the bus station in SD. We were put in the back of a pick up with wooden benches and and a wire cage. Once we were in the truck the driver looked the hatch. When we passed through the gate at MCRD, I looked out and the entire compound was secured with a chain link fence and barbed wire on top. Yup, "What did I get myself into?"

what about Smith??

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​@@CTruesdell50Used in the movie DRAGNET. HARRY MORGAN was in it as well as Dan's wife.

Not obscurity -- death. He was a chain smoker who did of cancer shortly after Dragnet.

Parris Island, August-October 1970, Platoon 188 of Series 188. Senior DI S/Sgt. Cornish. Assistant DIs S/Sgt. Taylor and Sgt. Craig. "You may forget your mother and father. You may forget your brothers and sisters. You may forget the first girl you ever loved. You will never, no matter how many years pass, ever forget your Drill Instructors." Quite true, because no-one else in your life will ever have the impact on you that they did. Pride, discipline, self confidence and the willingness to sacrifice for something greater than yourself were the lessons they taught. How could anyone else compare to that? Welcome home, my brother, welcome home.

Webb was all for realism and authenticity so filming a good portion at Camp Pendleton instead of in a studio back lot made it all the better

@@tomjustis7237 No they don't forget for a lifetime. A friend of mine, two recruit buddies AND their former DI later went into business together (auto repair shop) until retiring & closing it down a few years ago. Naturally they gave him the name Sarge (though no one was the boss, they all worked together)

@@muffs55mercury61 It went farther than just filming on a Marine base. If you watch the credits at the end of movie you will see the vast majority of the 'recruits' were played by active duty Marines.

@@tomjustis7237 I'll never forget mine...SSgt Pagan and Sgt. Soliz...Two ornery cusses, but I'll never forget them!!!

You’re absolutely correct. This is one of the greatest movies ever made and I thank you, profusely, for your service to our Nation. 🇺🇸

My Dad decided to enlist in the Marine Corps after watching this movie also. February 1958- August of 1962. 0811

I second that.@@ericseabury3968

I'm trying to remember is that mortors or machine gun. I was a 2841.@@jerrycoon2797

That the only movie you would see back in my day also was the DI, well I was there Christmas so senior did bring in 2 other marine corp movies. But the DI, that was only movie played usually it played Sunday while others went to chruch

Just the facts ma’am.

I don’t know about that you can add Fallujah to Guadalcanal, Iwo..........Marines are still Marines

@@ronin6737 I agree with you same DNA, semper fi!

Pedro Elmont Was your Dad a Helo pilot instructor? Back then there was Ft. Walters,Tx & Ft.Rucker where most of the Vietnam era Helo pilots went thru training. Good Day to You!

what movie is it?

Dragnet Radio Show and Original 1950's TV Show.

Jack Webb apparently appreciated Don Dubbin's talent, featuring him in nearly all of his television endeavors. Though he deserved more than just guest roles.

It didn’t last long, but Jack Webb also produced a Project Blue Book/ UFO investigation themed program called “Project UFO.” It was very well done because if you weren’t a believer or a cynic, it’d make you think… He was one of the pioneering geniuses of American television.

Oorah!

Fun wasn't it? Looking back on it. Everyone should go through some sort of BMT as a HS requirement. They just might learn something.

Yep. Two years of national service before college or career. Military or civil.

there trying to pussify it

Same thing happened to me , I found out real quick I was a Gomer Pyle .

Ah, those were the days!

web was a drill sergeant in the army

Web was not a real drill sergeant in the army. He was in the air force, but he washed out during training. He wound up getting out early on a hardship discharge.

patriot patriot you are absolutely right. my uncle didn't like him. never would tell me why but a couple of his buddies said it was because word got bk to my uncle that Web was going around playing down the Marines and bad mouthing some of the officers behind their backs. what I found out was they embarrassed Web once when Web had the nerve to question their DI abilities and called them bullies.... needless to say Web stopped saying shut like that after the officers in question confronted Web during shooting and Web said he never said anything like that. what's funny is it WAS rt after that is when Web started playing the part correctly. my uncle went to webs trailer walked in and ran all the make up people and set assistants out and locked the door. supposedly my uncle had a "Talk" with him and set him straight about how marines are and what they stand for and even more what they WILL NOT stand for...lol. this was the very moment Web supposedly made a complete 180 and then you got what you saw in these clips. My uncle and all the other officers that were ASKED to help did just that. The Hollywood snobs walked in and would look down their noses at everybody and that was the wrong thing to do to marines....especially hardened marine officers...lol.

One of the things which has become standard for MCRD San Diego graduates is carrying the moniker of "Hollywood Marine". That came from all the old 1950's war movies where real Marines were used as extras and either MCRD S.D, or else MCB Camp Pendleton served as backdrops for lots of those flicks. And actors still don't know their head from their ass when it comes to "being" a leatherneck unless they served (which many did, but not in war movies). Real Marines, such as Hugh O'Brian and Steve McQueen, used their learned skills to portray fighting men much more realistically. In fact, retired Marine Captain Dale Dye, a mustanger, is the man Hollywood goes to in order to whip a group of actors into some semblance of a combat unit before they act in their movies. He runs them through about two or three weeks of mini-boot camp. They still screw up, but at least they look halfassed presentable on screen.

partriarch Exactly!

john Devonshire: No not the best but among the best

@@hoatattis7283 Best for the America of the 1950s and before. 1960s much more frantic time in America. Huge number of Marine boots were draftees (compared to none in 1957). The units would have largely been all-white even in 1957, esp the Marines, while the 1965 Marines would have had a lot more blacks and lower education levels. Also, Vietnam was a very destabilizing, baffling thing. Everybody from mom to Ermey knew the war was being fucked up from D.C. on purpose, with troops marching in circles shy of 17th parallel and never making massive Okinawa-like landings on NViet coast and both prongs pushing in, a la WWII. They had to know this was totally f'k and that they couldn't do anything but march forward. This had to lead to a lot of bad morale and, frankly, foul and angry drill sgts - many of whom had been to Vietnam, lost friends, killed people...for nothing. Just some random thoughts.

@@teller121 Nam was a Shit Show from the get go! 2/5 An Hoa 68-69

Myself as well. The language was much more 'ahem' flowery? No such thing as safe spaces or political correctness either in those days.

Mike 3/5....Always pulling 2/5's feet out of the fire.....Operation: Mameluke Thrust ...August 1968....Happy Valley...3/5 "GET SOME....@@Boz_-st4jt

To many homosexuals now days.

The guy that played the Captain I thought did a magnificent job. That is exactly how the officers were when I was in boot camp. One thing for sure, you didn’t want to be eye-bawled by an Officer.

Thank you for your service.

Does the movie really resemble how the Marine Corps training was in that time period?

Well done, Marine.

Boot camp is a lot more chaotic now if this is close to that era of boot camp. Screaming...like screaming in your ear as loud as possible and making you do thing 50-100 times to get it memorized. Throwing footlockers, dumping gear, just absolute controlled mayhem is as best as I can describe it.

Peter Asterino thank you for your service to our country

One thing R. Lee Ermey mention when interviewed about the role of DI in Full Metal Jacket” was he had to clean it up a bit. DI’s seem to like using some profanity mixed with their insults. I think the Army may be the same way.

Jack Webb wanted the film to be as realistic as possible. I think the only civilians were Mr. Webb & Don Dubbins who played Private Owens.

I was wondering If those were actual Marines. Makes you wonder how many never came home from Vietnam. My grandfather was 2nd Marines in WW1, he passed in his 40’s from the effects of mustard gas

Mark Watson this was made in 1957, those guys were probably all out of the service well before Vietnam started.

@@gmaqwert the guy who played Pvt hillbilly, was my father's Drill instructor in 61. This is my dad's favorite movie

@@paulmkrukovsky8562 Do you know what's of Pvt. Hillbilly today? Is he still alive?

Private Joker

big frank : Most other services are tough as well The Army in Europe did not have it easy you know e.g Battle of Hurtgen Forrest

I think that made Dubbins a Marine.

The Dogs of War are set loose when we need them but far too often the need recedes into history. The Armed Forces took a real black eye w/ Vietnam…….

We were in boot at the same time and at the same place.You also probably guarded that stupid church that had absolutely no enemies.What the Corp considered worthy of guarding to this day makes me chuckle.I'm surprised I wasn't used to guard a tree.I don't remember my unit other than 2078 or something.And of course from there I went to Lejeune.I remember who I was with there of course.

I went to basic at Ft. Leonard Wood. AIT too - that was 1978. Sure, basic is tough, but I actually had a pretty good time.

Peter Asterino The book it is based on, by Leon Uris (who went on to.write several best sellers) is also quite good.

Peter Asterino , Battle Cry Is another one of my favorite movies. It portrayed my dad's unit (3/6) in the Corps during that time period. Dad survived Pearl Harbor, Guadalcanal, and Tarawa. He was medically discharged as a Gunny as a result of wounds he received on Tarawa. Semper Fi!!

@@benoitpellet1657 Leon Uris served as a Marine in the Pacific campaign.

My uncle had just graduated from high school in 1955 in Lawrence, KS. He really didn't know what to do after graduation. He and some friends went to see "Battle Cry". The Marines had setup a recruiting table in the lobby as you were leaving the theater. My uncle signed up right then and there. Next thing you know he was on the bus to the MCRD in San Diego.

there's a good movie channel here on you tube War Movies lots of old classics and commercial free

John Lothrop: Here in Australia definitely no swearing , no denigration but do something wrong and boy they did not have to swear to get their point across

That's because there were people in those days who realized that swearing and cursing doesn't make you any tougher or any more of a man. It just makes you foul mouthed and vulgar.

Glad for the ending credits - my uncle fought at Tarawa and Iwo Jima and somehow came back alive!

SemperFi Mac

When I came home from boot camp one taecher that had been a football star in college, treated me real cold, lke I should have went into college after high school instead of dropping out and enlisting in the USMC at 17. And by the way I graduated from High in the USMC while on Okinawa with a cap and gown ceremony from Kubasaki High School. When I visited my electronics teacher, he was flabbergasted. 1. He didn’t think I’d ever pass the test to go to electronics school in the USMC and 2. He never thought I’d make it out of book camp. But I not only made through I was promoted PFC out of boot camp and shot expert with the rifle only 227 but later when I qualified on Okinawa, I shot 232 and then at Lejune it was either 237 or 242 I’m not sure which. They managed to loose SRB on float.

Platoon 1022 San Diego 1995

EXACTLY.............................but one thing to take into account is, they (the military) don't need so much strenuous physical training today because of it being so 'technical' in tactics and logistics!

@@tommytruth7595 you are full of 💩

I went to San Diego. I got sent to Balboa Hospital for further evaluation. The TV at the hospital you get to watch soap operas, game shows, movies, reruns of TV shows. I was there for about a week and after some extensive interviews. I was separated from the corps. I got some money, new clothes, and a one way ticket on a United airlines 737-200 from SAN to OAK.

Could, but won't.

john Wayne At Kapooka Australia no TV

MCRD San Diego 1968 plt 3314 No TV no movies.

That's right. Dropping out of New York City's DeWitt Clinton High School, Adams worked as a theater usher. During World War II, he joined the United States Marine Corps, at the age of 16, by lying about his age. Adams participated in the Battle of Guadalcanal in the Pacific Theater of Operations. His combat service was short-lived; he was shot and contracted blackwater fever, a serious complication of malaria, known for a 90% rate of fatality. He was evacuated and then hospitalized for more than a year at a Navy hospital in Wellington, New Zealand. After his recovery, he served as a Marine drill instructor in the United States. - Following his discharge, Adams held a series of jobs. During a Canadian television interview, he said that he had falsified college credentials and an engineering background to be hired as an engineer designing underground sewers. His lack of training was not discovered for six months. He later worked as a comic, taking the stage name of Adams after marrying singer Adelaide (Dell) Efantis, who performed as Adelaide Adams. They had four daughters, and Adams also worked as a commercial artist and restaurant cashier to help support his family. When they divorced, he kept Adams as his stage name because acting auditions were often held in alphabetical order. ~

"Halls" is another great Marine flick...

@@cbroz7492 Touche' (smile)

I remember it well I was at 3rd btn as well India Company...April to mid June of 1985 Platoon 3046 would`nt trade a minute of it for the world!

chuck xjarhed A TELEVISION, I MAY HAVE WATCHED TELEVISION IN MOTIVATION .....

chuck xjarhed : Over here in Australia it is "Zulu"

I was at 2nd Bn in 1985. We all thought 3rd Bn were bad asses the way ya'll said sah yes sah and aye sah. Third Bat was definitely the toughest.

@@eenlow4655 The Evil I 😉

Virginia Gregg was the mom. Her husband died in World War II during the Pacific Island campaigns, and her two sons, Owens brothers, died in Korea. She mentioned that she was friends with the commanding general of the base.