Marine Reacts to Full Metal Jacket - FACT OR FICTION

[@JamesonsTravels]

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[@jeffk464]

He was a drill sgt during vietnam

[@0623kaboom]

Gunny did a video on this and he said that he was period accurate for the DI ... and he would know . that is when he was one

[@EDOGZ818]

@18:00 No drill instructors allowed on rifle range anymore, only shooting instructors. To prevent recruits from shooting DIs.

[@halcionkoenig243]

They didn't script his insults. They told him to speak freely, and told the actors to respond accordingly.

[@chirleydog3227]

gunny scared me back to that time. oh shit! you forget the guy who knew he was a bullseye 73 to 79 no training after boot camp. great at picking up cig butts a painting rocks white. wright after Vietnam. bent m16 barrel. no tools to work on trucks, on parts. NO! on request for training. Told to get OFF THERE BASE when Discharged. I GOT MY HONORABLE DISCHARGE. FUCK EM

[@keitheddy70]

Had a DI make a recruit give up his rifle and carry a plant. When another DI asked why he was carrying a a plant he had to reply” to replace some of the oxygen I am stealing from other recruits

[@JamesonsTravels]

Love that one.

[@zeus6793]

Dude, that made me laugh out loud. I can totally hear them doing that.

[@wb6162]

That's comedy gold!

[@CybearBox]

*lol*

[@MrGreatness412]

Its 1am and I'm laughing into tears

[@ITILII]

The only reason that Gunny Ermey didn't win the Best Supporting Actor award is because - he WASN'T acting !

[@michaeldobbs3169]

And because hes not a supporting actor, hes a main character

[@feetgoaroundfullflapsC]

Kubrick told him "I want it to look real". He said back "I cannot do it any other way".

[@R.D.R.NIGHTINGALE]

Ermey was legend. R.I.P

[@RONBN56A]

He really was a DI before he was an actor.

[@sonicglitchexe3947]

**TRUTH**

[@tommybunk2292]

One guy turned left on a "Right Face" command, so the Drill Sergeant made him carry a rock in his right hand to remind him. A little later the Drill didn't see the rock in his hand and asked him where it was. "It's in my pocket" said the Recruit. The Drill Sergeant started throwing a fit stating "You smothered my best rock in your nasty pocket, you god damn murderer".... The whole Company had to perform a Military Funeral for the murdered rock afterwards.

[@feinsanity]

That's hilarious

[@billstocker6216]

Yeah,there is no such thing as a drill sergeant in my glorious Marine Corps bub.

[@maxwellmarsden7273]

...they just wanted another excuse to brutalize us!!! ~ROFL~ (like they NEEDED a reason)

[@tommybunk2292]

@@billstocker6216 Oh I know, I was in the Army. Drill Sergeants were mean but not Marine Corp mean. We were trained to hide behind tree's and rocks. Not many of those on a beach. I do love my bulletproof Marine Brothers trained to charge.

[@dang5736]

Never in my life did I expect to read “You smothered my best rock in your nasty pocket, you goddamn murderer”

[@davemiller6055]

When they were filming this movie, when doing multiple takes for these scenes where Ermy was going at them like this, the man never used the same insult twice. He ALWAYS had another.

[@stephenhosking7384]

Love that detail! Never the same insult twice!!!

[@billdurham8477]

PS He is the world record holder for fewest takes in a Kubrick film. They became best friends and would spend Sundays planning the next week's shoots. He was the only one to just ask The K what was he looking for.

[@jurisklavins2578]

Sgt. Hartman is the Picasso of profanity 😎

[@5ivenineteen]

Actually Kubrick was always on set with his typewriter. Everything he said was indeed improvised once but then had to be repeated identically in every scene. As far as movie making goes, Stanley was a tough SOB.

[@Rumtrinker]

Read that he screamed once attention on deck and everyone standed up to attention even Kubrick

[@troywillard2680]

I heard my drill Sgt yelling to my battle buddy, " I cannot believe you dodge that coat hanger for nine months to give up on me now private!!"

[@dfuentes871]

Troy Willard 🤣🤣🤣

[@P03ticJustice]

Damn!

[@tombonususa4040]

That's classic!

[@atthebrink74]

Ouch!!!

[@marcoskrummel80]

Incredible

[@jeffreydrake2269]

My director of security was at Paris Island and he said one recruit asked if they could have a Christmas tree in the baracks. The Drill instructors covered him with Christmas lights and made him stand like a Christmas tree for hours

[@muriloninja]

Bwahahahaha! I can so believe that...epic action by the DI's. lol

[@ndngal75]

Classic!

[@nsudatta-roy8154]

PRICELESS!!

[@buckwheat310]

my brother had one recruit that accidentally looked at a plane while learning their drill, so he was out in a garbage can and told to jump and try to catch the airplane for 2 hours😂

[@augustferdinand6462]

You know the old saying, "Boot camp is the funniest place you're not allowed to laugh"

[@JerichoGreen1]

My brother's DI said, "If your brains were dynamite, you wouldn't have enough to blow your fuckin nose!"

[@variegatus4674]

oooh.....

[@Mewithabeard]

Not bad😂

[@twolikedanumba4272]

Funny seeing you here!

[@twolikedanumba4272]

Funny seeing you here!

[@danielgrosvenor9948]

Holy shit😂

[@martinrtaylor]

An airmman was caught humming. The TI opened his wall locker & ripped everthing out. Told the airman to get in the locker. He got in & the TI slammed the door shut, threw a quarter through the air slot & said "start singing". The airman sang the worst version of "Lady in Red" I've ever heard. It was hilarious!

[@Samuel152]

Man really turned him into a jukebox.

[@martinrtaylor]

@@Samuel152 Yep & it was glorious.

[@stevn744]

Wow that's abuse was he trying to kill him? So in the military does the DI just get to assault recruits whenever he feels like it?

[@JeffUr7]

this sounds so hilarious 😂😂😂

[@alphawolf2969]

That was actually pretty common but it’s no longer allowed unfortunately

[@leftofpunk]

Ermey was hired as a consultant and the director was so impressed with his authenticity, the original actor was out and Ermey was cast. He was a real life Marine DI

[@sam.lipchutz]

And that is a miracle

[@figo3554]

I see why

[@the_addict1711]

When he auditioned for this role, he did what was similar to what he did in the beginning scene for 45 minutes without repeating himself once

[@1121conan]

The actor Ermey beat out for the role Gunny Hartman got the role of the machine Gunner in the helicopter scene. "Get Some!"

[@stephencross1230]

And that goes to show that Stanley Kubrick is one of the best directors ever.....

[@claytonlamee784]

While in basic training for the Air Force we had a trainee that was caught throwing a rock at a rabbit during a march. Our DI made him walk on the inside and salute every rabbit we passed. In Texas there were a lot of rabbits.

[@kentuckyfriedchildren5385]

That's hilarious 😂

[@RichWeigel]

I bet he never looked at rabbits the same again hahahahahaha!!

[@bobhunnicutt6952]

lol...bunch of pu$$ies

[@bobhunnicutt6952]

..in the USMC boot camp that recruit would have been sent back 2 weeks in training

[@hulkhogan5334]

@@RichWeigel 🤣😂😂😂

[@johnny5stacks60]

R Lee Ermey was my uncles drill instructor when he was in Boot Camp before he went to Vietnam. He said his diatribes and insults in Full Metal Jacket were very much what he was like in real life.

[@robbob5302]

That is so cool!

[@fn0rd-f5o]

Lee says he was really nice to his recruits though.

[@m42037]

@@fn0rd-f5o Oh I'm sure, I'll bet he promised them fried chicken and watermelon at graduation lol, he was nice alright, as he says he's tough but he's fair! Marine DIs job is to kick your arse into a man, i.e, break you down and build you up not give you a swat on the keyster for good work !

[@thothheartmaat2833]

How do people learn to talk like this? Is this a culture of people talking like this in the military? How do people think of insults this fast and have so many?

[@m42037]

@@thothheartmaat2833 Don't like your own post

[@josedominguez6904]

Had a guy in boot camp (around week three) complain that he wanted to call back home and talk to his mother...well...the CC's obliged...they set up a box by the window, had him stand on it and yell "MOM" for about 3 hours...afterwards they stopped him and asked him if she answered...he said no...and they proceeded to tell him that's because she didn't want to talk to him and that he needed to man up and get through boot camp without his mommas help...needless to say he made it through.

[@Gigrunt887]

Nice

[@gaius_enceladus]

@josedominguez6904 - That's hilarious! Harmless (just getting him to shout) but gets the point across!

[@manp1039]

did he? or is he one of the countless numbers of veterans that commit suicide or with chronic mental illness as a result of mental abuse like that?

[@yedidyah-jedshlomoh1533]

@@manp1039 wimp

[@yedidyah-jedshlomoh1533]

@@manp1039

[@jrc2976]

Had a DI say "Even bob ross couldn't paint the shit i'm looking at right now". Lmao

[@TheClaptonisgod1]

Bob Ross was D.I I'm sure you know 👍👍

[@Swaggaccino]

How in the fuck would it be possible to keep a straight face? I'm gonna chuckle, I'm gonna die.

[@MinnWasTaken]

@@Swaggaccino Not with how intense they are id bet.

[@TheClaptonisgod1]

@@MinnWasTaken Yeah but sometimes the quiet word and how it's said can be much more sinister...

[@MinnWasTaken]

@@TheClaptonisgod1 I just was saying people are not going to laugh since they know there could be consequences.

[@Vets356]

I was an Army drill sergeant and got a medal for telling a candidate “I will be in your face so bad every day, the day you get married, you will turn to kiss your wife and see me!”

[@Page-Hendryx]

No doubt. The army gives out a ribbon if you pass basic training.

[@danielbrewster5182]

I wouldnt last long in the military. I'm glad I didnt join.

[@M335h1]

I had a friend was a drill sergeant, I’m a civilian. I told him he wasn’t that tough he told me to give him him my best shot- I made him cry and we don’t talk no more. Full disclosure tho I probably couldn’t survive the military. I have authority issues and they would probably discharge me before they could break me unless they identified some special skill in me worth riding me for but doubtful.

[@danielbrewster5182]

@@M335h1 What did you do to him?

[@stevee7774]

Daniel Brewster - He told him that his best friend had been banging his wife while he was deployed.

[@davidc8543]

Had a buddy once in Idaho say that someone in his group farted. DI asked who it was. Guy said it was him. DI told him he had to go around and look for his fart. After 15 minutes or so, the guy felt embarrassed running around looking for a fart so he pretended to catch his fart in his hands and reported back. DI looked at him incredulously and asked him "You found your fart?" The guy said he had. DI then instructed him to dig a hole in the ground to bury it. After it was buried, the DI instructed him to hum Taps.

[@deepanus6977]

This made me laugh. 😂😂😂

[@daveward6598]

and after "taps" make it rain.

[@davidmorrow255]

Lmfao this made me roll

[@haroldburrows4770]

That's some of the funniest shit I ever heard

[@rob5598]

LMAO oh holy shit im crying over here🤣🤣

[@sharptojo6420]

How is nobody talking about the random 2 minute music interruption??? 😂

[@66jediknight]

What was that?

[@edwardlariviere9710]

@@66jediknight 1984

[@wishwise0]

never mind the weird subliminal flashes at 1:30 to 1:35 (on the original video, not JT)

[@Diamondsdontgr0wontrees]

they had that call of duty soundtrack going 😭🤣

[@facemobbnation]

what about the snoring?

[@booboolips6053]

My dad was a drill instructor. He ran our household like this. I didn’t go into the military because I felt like I served 18 years before I was old enough to enlist.

[@lilblackduc7312]

At that rate, you qualify for military benefits & pension! 🇺🇸 😎👍☕

[@CEOkiller]

My wife’s dad was a DI as well, she said the same thing about growing up…

[@leargamma4912]

​@@CEOkiller I'm sorry she has to live with an abusive man like that

[@logomoves4904]

Damn. That sucks. I was raised by my Grandma, but the woman was an authoritarian. Which no one would believe from the outside. I hated it.

[@lilblackduc7312]

@@logomoves4904 Yes, I agree!!!

[@christoskettenis880]

R. Lee Ermy was a staff sergeant and a DI and he wrote his own lines. So the authenticity is absolutely there!

[@youn1700]

He actually was hired to teach the actor that was supposed to sound like a DI. He started into a tirade and the director fired the original actor on the spot.

[@PsychoMantis308]

He was an honorary Gunny

[@stephenpowstinger733]

He may have been a DI but that doesn’t mean he didn’t embellish the role. Hitting a recruit may happen but it is strictly against the rules. It could be reported and there’s a limit. ..I imagine with females there now they’ve had to tone down the vulgarity.

[@psychochicken9535]

He didn't write his own lines so much as he ad-libbed on the spot at least 60% of what he said. But I get what you meant.

[@youn1700]

@@stephenpowstinger733 Hitting is one of those things that over the years has gone away. It used to be the way a Sergeant would get his troops back in line was to take them out back for what we called 'Wall to Wall Counseling'. Because, the Military as a whole as gotten away from that, it's assumed it doesn't happen. When I was in the Drill Sergeants wouldn't exactly lay a hand on you, but they did like to have you do this exercise were you drug your legs/boots behind you while crawling on your arms. It left black streaks on the floor. If 60 guys do that at the same time, you will have a completely black floor covered in sweat. Then giving you a green scratch pad and telling you it must be buffed by morning. This isn't exactly abuse, but it is the kind of mind games they play.

[@rags2cash]

my drill instructor asked me where i was from and i told him New York. and he screamED WELL I BE DAMMED YOU CAME HERE ALL THE WAY HERE FROM NEW YORK JUST TO PISS ME OFF

[@hillbillyintheasia6122]

in army my drill instructor did this saying, this my rifle this my gun . one for shooting one is for fun. march and sing this saying for 5 miles.

[@drakecoleman9364]

lmao

[@Jackal_XXX]

LMAO

[@SINE36]

😭😭😭😭😭

[@MB-uq8mb]

Mine ask where I was from and I said Detroit. He responded “Detroit, isn’t that where they used to make cars”? I simply responded “yes drill sergeant”. He was right after all lol.

[@juvin19711]

Marine Corps boot camp is the funniest place on earth where you dare not laugh

[@KevinBelmontLuna]

That would make the best comedy club where the comedian is the Drill Instructor and the routine is try not to laugh.

[@JetTheReaper]

Rip R. Lee Ermey, a real USMC drill instructor pretending to be an actor.

[@shadowproductions969]

more like "being himself on camera for 15 minutes"

[@gregthornton4209]

he was in another movie as well (Boys in Company C)

[@Drummerchick2003]

@@gregthornton4209 he was great in Texas chainsaw mass. I mean he was sick af in that

[@s51curtis]

Ermy was originally hired for "Full Metal Jacket" as a technical adviser to teach a real actor how to portray a Marine D.I. When Stanley Kubrick saw the instructional video Ermey made for Tim Colceri, the actor hired to play SGT Hartman, he gave the role to Ermy. Colceri is later seen as the helicopter door gunner who says, "Ain't war hell!"

[@lordferum9921]

@@gregthornton4209 and in 'Space: Above and Beyond' as DI .

[@gnustep]

Sadly, GySgt R. Lee Emery is no longer with us. This movie is a classic.

[@JamesonsTravels]

love him in movies and seemed like a normal guy to have a beer and cigar with.

[@jeffrobdine]

Thanks for the info zizzle chest.

[@treadhead]

YOUR BEST FRIEND OR YOUR WORST ENEMY . DEVIL DOG , LEATHERNECK ERMEY . 1 2 3 4 " HE LOVED THE MARINE CORPS ". A LEGENDARY MARINE ! N.C.O.I.C. OF HEAVENS GATE . MISS. THE. " GUNNY " " ALWAYS FAITHFUL " U.S.A.

[@tenissinclair3659]

@@treadhead Thank you, computer. Who says AI doesn't have the ability to feel?

[@DARTH_Mauled33]

@@JamesonsTravels react to it on here the full metal jacket Disney version its freaking halirious if u haven't seen it

[@markwilliams6196]

I actually got one of my drill instructors to laugh. He called me a rock, basically stupid. I told him "This recruits parents are from Stonehenge" he cracked a smile shook his head and walked off.

[@thatguy22441]

I was cutting 550 cord with a knife I got at the PX during our final FTX. One of the drills called me over and asked if I had a knife. I told him "We're not allowed to have knives." He said "Don't bullshit me." I replied "I'm not bullshitting you, drill sergeant. We're really not allowed to have knives." He just rolled his eyes and walked away.

[@JASmith-oy8db]

Hilarious. He *cracked a smile because you automatically contradicted him with your intelligence!

[@angelwarrior5519]

You're a comedian huh! FROM NOW ON YOUR NAME WILL BE PRIVATE JOKER.

[@danielmele4968]

Thats awesome.. I never got a DI to laugh but I did get called Astro for about a month.. A recruit was getting smoked by Senior and a Green Belt came flying out of nowhere.. Me being the smartass I was whispered, " Whut WoooW." A DI just happened to be behind my rack.. He just glared at me and walked away.. About 2 hours later.. He yelled, " Astro get your ass on my Q-deck," and smoked me lol

[@Jarod-vg9wq]

Awesome.

[@MartinTreideHeuser]

R.I.P. Gunny Hartman. He was magnificent. There's the story, that he originally shouldn't play the role but advise the real actor for this role. But while testing him in advance, he insulted non stop for a quarter of an hour while the crew threw him off with tennis balls, the crew was so impressed that they gave him the role. 😂

[@ronj9448]

not quite right

[@MichaelJohnson-ln1in]

Marine Corps drill instructors can easily become stand up comedians when they get out.

[@hardleecure]

We should use them for what I like to call "Insensitivity Training." Should be something we do in every western nation imo. Once a week for one hour, a comedian comes into every classroom (starting grade 6 through 12) and roasts everyone, no exception, nothing held sacred. I guarantee by the time people graduate high school they'll not be giving a single fuck about PC this and 72 genders that.

[@randypeppercorn1865]

Not in today's woke world where people will try to destroy your livelihood and your life if you say something they find offensive

[@hardleecure]

@@randypeppercorn1865 Fuck em. That's a problem Insensitivity Training will fix within a decade. It's surely better than my alternative to IT.... Mandatory customer service for all in high school and 3 years of military service after high school before college/university... no exceptions unless you're mentally deficient or have some ailment like being born without a left leg.

[@MrBlackSunset]

@@randypeppercorn1865 today yeah. The DIs now use their jokes over and over. Just like they were PE teachers. They know the same words they say and change them to something more delicate and give it a better twist. The words they use now are light. I believe it can pass. There is a military DI that is a comedian now thats hilarious

[@wes4522]

Nah because the crowd doesn't have to be there...

[@cheysdaddy06]

The physical attacks happen when there are no cameras and no officers or civilians in sight or hearing. My name is Downer I was called recruit Down syndrome. 😂

[@JamesonsTravels]

I am sure they gave him a lot of sh-t

[@AlphaWolf789]

LMAO really???

[@jgatkinson744]

I was Drafted in 1958 8 Years fo me I heard all that when I was in and there was hazing when I was in don’t know what they’re doing now the DI go to class to learn they art on how to be a DI so they all pretty much sound alike and do the same thing but it definitely works

[@orlandow1723]

DevilDogOfWar 1984 😂😂😂

[@jamesmurphy4835]

When we were in garrison, and training in plain sight, the DI's would make us sprint into a wall to hurt us. One time a DI made a recruit sprint into a bush and about 4 rabbits ran out. I burst out laughing, but then got bent--reallly bad for losing my bearing.

[@slappt311]

The actor playing the drill instructor was a real drill instructor they told him to improvise on each actor.

[@alexreid-wh9gq]

don't think R. Lee Ermey was an actual Gunnery Sergeant. I know he made Sergeant though.

[@D3adCy11nd3r]

he wasn't a D.I he was a marine, he was brought in to advise. He originally didn't want to take the role when offered because he didn't think he would do it justice.

[@allenmetzger9922]

@@alexreid-wh9gq He was a D.I.

[@galacticog5499]

D3adCy11nd3r he was a di

[@D3adCy11nd3r]

I stand corrected. Saw it in an interview or time, guess it was wrong.

[@DJ.LakeSea]

at 18:12 when Gomer changes mags, he purposely places the feed end away from Gunny. As you may notice, there is a round still left in the magazine that Gunny doesn't see. This is how Gomer managed to sneak a live round into the barracks. Great piece of barely noticeable filmography from Stanley Kubrick. But whether or not it would actually work in real life is a different question.

[@robertstack2144]

Had to be two rounds or more remember. One for gunny, one for gomer

[@thenaughtyamericanexpat]

He loaded a full magazine, not just one or two rounds.

[@joshuam4835]

Yeah, he had a fist full of rounds and loaded at least 5-6 before he locks and loads in the scene (and the mag already had bullets in it). It wasn't just a single round or two. At the end of the day, though, it is unimportant how he got that much live ammo. He did so the scene could happen lolol

[@2AVET]

Can’t speak for the corps, but in the army not possible. Mags weren’t kept and we did a full shake down after the range with the drills inspecting our pockets and making us shake our uniform for hidden rounds.

[@user-ud4mv3gm1p]

it would not. and you would pay dearly.

[@carlhursh505]

I went to Boot Camp in 1957, and YES they “did” talk that way, and even punch you.

[@RONBN56A]

Then they had a night march and some recruits died in the swamp by drowning so big changes were put in, no longer allowed to punch but I did see it happen once. Thumping was even more effective and we did get plenty of that, because it leaves no marks.

[@oldmanzone6465]

1972 - US Army and no body held back as I remember it.

[@mikegibson8698]

@@RONBN56A my dad was at Paris Island when that happened.

[@ezraduncan367]

Fucking ooh rah

[@alechome8021]

Justin McCoy i- well god damn

[@xanpena3505]

My friend told me his DI said "I could eat alphabet soup and shit out a better question than that". Lmao

[@sunofpeter2]

hahahaha!! i am gonna use this some day at work. i will make sure to give credit due becaise i know its gonna make people laugh

[@xanpena3505]

@@sunofpeter2 spread the love right 😂

[@Cheezy_Bunz]

Rumour has it that DI’s are specially trained to come up with witty remarks or else they don’t pass and cant become a DI.

[@imw4497]

I read that in Ermey's voice. 🤣

[@cocean158]

Dead💀🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@Farinhir]

Fun Fact, R. Lee Emrey was a marine Drill Instructor. He was hired to be a technical adviser. He was dissatisfied by the what the writers had setup. He put together an instructional tape where he goes on a tirade against a few extras to show how the DI would have been and the director decided to have him play the part.

[@johnking7854]

Stanley Kubrick isn't just a director!! But yes R Lee was a gift to the movie. He drove the first part himself

[@egb625able]

fun fact, the machine gunner we see later in the film was originally supposed to be the DI

[@Farinhir]

@@egb625able was that Adam Baldwin? It has been forever since I saw that movie.

[@egb625able]

@@Farinhir oh whoops, i should have clarified, no the machine gunner in the helicopter who screams GET SOME as he kills vietnamese people

[@liquidbraino]

R. Lee Ermey may have been my Dad's Drill Instructor. He was a Drill Instructor at the time my Dad went through Boot Camp.

[@robertvoliva2628]

"If you screw up... Just take the beating" Those are words to live by.

[@cincity720]

So R. Lee Emery was brought into this movie as a consultant and he earned the roll after they heard him giving guys the business on the set.

[@jasonwagner7656]

He was a real drill instructor in the Marines, thus the reason for being a consultant and being given the part.

[@tinyfire343]

Stanley Kubrick: "R. Lee Emery is gonna kick ass"!!

[@matty7006]

He beat out the guy who plays the door Gunner towards the end of the movie.

[@thesausage351]

@@matty7006 Animal Mother isn’t it?

[@gusargoan]

@@thesausage351 Does "Easy, you just don't lead em so much ", ring a bell?

[@sdolsay]

I was in the Army and we ended up out in the middle of the night in our underwear in 20 degree weather turning rocks over so they wouldn't get "moon burnt"

[@bcparkerjr]

😂😂😂😂😂

[@sdolsay]

@Margaret Gust I didn't think it was so funny at the time...now I do, yes we wore our boots!

We 'moved holes' with e-tools. I don't recall moon burnt rocks but the bullshit is eternal.

[@JoshuaDay0550]

LMFAO oh man. getting moon burnt. goddamn I miss basic sometimes.

[@keeganheckel1543]

Fuckin Moon Burnt?! HAHAHAHA

[@TroyBoyleAtheistAdvocate]

Had a female recruit that failed to salute. CC made her stand on a 5 gallon paint bucket and salute seagulls. Hahahaha. "Morning, Mister Seagull!!" Cape May 2002.

[@steelrarebit7387]

Not me, definitely not me (haha), passed two officers. Gave the greeting of the day and forgot to salute. Front, back, go, salute. And repeat for a while.

[@roblakey9581]

Ha Ha awesome! My company was marching back to the barracks and the DI was chatting with another cadre. We always turn left at a certain point to enter the parade grounds so we did...without the order. He lost his stack, to say the least, and stopped the formation to give us a real good chewing out. "You never anticipate the command and if I march you off a GD cliff, you will keep singing cadence and match step all the F*%king way down." So since we felt we were kids back on the block he was going to treat us like children. In rows of four, we held hands and skipped across the parade grounds singing "Tra la la...Tra la la" all 300 of us. It made quite a spectacle and cacophony of sound matched only by the laughter of the other companies we passed. It was also much harder to try and sink up with 3 other guys all in full gear and the M16 slapping you in the back the whole way. We got the point.

[@perception913]

Coatie Saying hey... O-165. OS2

[@TroyBoyleAtheistAdvocate]

@@perception913 YN1/LN1 'sup shipmate! SP!

[@markmarlow9286]

In Cape May, we had a recruit get caught with his hands in his pockets. He had his arms taped to his sides, with his hands in his pockets, running around our company. He was required to yell, "beep beep, I am a satellite." It was the funniest thing I had ever seen, and it was so hard not to smile. I didn't want to join him. Golf - 126

[@JesseLopez-iq6yw]

My Drill Instructor would called us maggots, and when we graduated we were now flies. Drill Sargent Slaughter.

[@dbdavec68]

We had a kid who couldn't stop laughing. All three DI's were on him and one of them gut punched him and that was that. Might have been one of the funniest things I ever saw. The funniest thing I saw was on graduation day and one of the DI's came up to a recruit and said "McKinney, have I every physically abused you?" McKinney: "Sir, no sir" Then the DI gut punched him and said "Now I have" and walked away.

[@zikonrokarminrot636]

I am so sorry I laughed. I wasnt laughing at the dudes pain. I was laughing at an image of the DI doing it cartoon style gut punching him, turning around and saying it smuggly

[@golddragonj]

i couldn't not laugh when they said things like "do you have sand in your clit" to the biggest guy there. I paid for that a lot. I never gave up though and found out after graduation that they respected and liked me...I thought they hated me the most lol

[@jayo1212]

@@golddragonj it was probably because they respected and liked you that you paid for it...

[@VadersRage]

TreeBeard ....Had a buddy going through OCS in Pensacola who would giggle if you said things like “Tittiies”. So He’s in formation and the guy next to him (whose name happened to be Cox) somehow drew the attention of the D.I. The D.I. just launched into Cox and finished up by telling him that they spelled his name wrong....that Cox wasn’t spelled with an X. My buddy LOST it, which landed him outside the D.I.’s office holding a tail hook out in front of himself for something like 45 minutes. Not sure if it’s possible.....it’s just what he said. He learned to control his outbursts after that.

[@Socialisten]

And that you find funny or abusive?

[@jubjub8538]

The Actor playing the drill instructor was a real Vietnam era Marine originally only in the film as an advisor. Stanley Kubrick had another actor in the part but preferred this guys energy and knowledge due to the fact he could talk the talk and walk the walk. the original guy planned to be drill instructor became the crazy door gunner. So that's why it seems so legitimate.

[@ridesq]

This is one of my favorite stories about movies.

[@richardlahan7068]

He was a Marine DI before being deployed to Vietnam. Years ago, he did a program on which he went back to Vietnam to see how the bases & cities he was familiar with had changed.

[@banderson5444]

His name is Gunnery Sargent Hartman played by R. Lee Ermey

[@patrickmcglonejr8163]

RIP Gunny Ermey

[@TonyMarony73]

Yeah, I know that as well, because he was so slick with his mouth and a real Marine. I'd say The Best man for this role.

[@iwasnthere1745]

R Lee Ermey was our guest at a Marine Corps Ball one year. He opened his first speech with his monologue from the movie. It was one of the best times I've ever had, the entire regiment loved it. From my own experiences, this movie is far more accurate that almost all others.

[@christian19701]

Outstanding! (thank you for your service btw). Luv that. Awesomeness

[@vickiwilson2185]

@@christian19701 I'd love to been there. Thanks for your service

[@brandonbeil6736]

Kubrick was making a criticism. Don't you people see that? Hoo Raw!!!

[@rodneytrotter3725]

@@brandonbeil6736 Marines dont say Hoo Raw, we say Ooohrah

[@Gamingpandacat]

Yeah hooray let's celebrate the breaking of people's will into the meatgrinder of the poor countries of the 3rd world, such heroes thank your for your service our freedoms are so much safer knowing the oil barons are getting another trillion next year while veterans are rotting homeless on the streets of the U S of A, I love our country its the best in the world we are no.1#

[@oboewankenobo8675]

Was in platoon 1066 at PI in 69. One night we woke up to the fire watch screaming for the duty DI. He found a recruit laying on his bunk, bleeding out,after cutting his wrists with his bayonet. Somehow the guy got up and ran out the fire escape at the end of the squad bay. Went right over the railing 3 stories down. The only thing that probably saved him was that it had been raining all day and the ground was soft. Still he had 2 broken legs along with other injuries. You would have a hard time understanding the mental stress your under in boot camp unless you actually were there. Some can handle it better than others.

[@asonroer1064]

Than you for your service

[@themanstan12]

Bro don't be a bitch. don't thank him for killing civilians of another country@@asonroer1064

[@ejohnson6891]

Hartman said in an interview that during the Vietnam war, the Marine Corps shortened Boot Camp to eight weeks and so the training was compacted and drill instructors were forced to train recruits more harshly in order to get them ready for combat quicker. The drill instructors knew that many of the recruits were going to die in Vietnam and they were just trying to prepare them in order to give them a fighting chance in combat. He said that everything in the movie was authentic to the time. Fun fact: Hartman sat in a restaurant after his medical discharge (shrapnel in Vietnam), and read the stars and stripes every morning in order to read the Marine death lists so that he could find out which of his recruits had died in Vietnam each day. He was deeply saddened by every Marine that he had trained that was listed.

[@lupo3694]

The source material is a book titled 'The Short-Timers', written by an ex soldier wwho went through exactly this. Kubricks goal was maximum authenticity.

[@user-ir2vf2nw6d]

兩周2000 厲害

[@MondoBeno]

Worse than the shortened training, they had something called "Project 100,000". The military recruited mentally retarded guys who all got killed or got other troops killed. There would've been a lot of guys there like Pyle.

[@JimAirborne25]

Drill Sergeant Weave let us know one day that seeing the name of a trainee he'd had in boot camp was enough to tear him apart a little and he'd need a couple of days to get back to himself.

[@RemoteSynergy]

I too write down exactly what Ermey said in the interview and then pass it off like I knew it the whole time

[@Arylwren1]

i'm sorry that "you're so ugly you could be a modern art master piece" is the best line.

[@mjdegrey4843]

It's fucking genius.

[@figo3554]

That got golling Edit: wtf did I try to type? That got me rolling?

[@Donald_Dump420]

I love he skips the one guy and just go straight to pile. Lol lawrence what of Arabia

[@Mike-lh4wn]

I've seen this clip so many times, and that still was the highlight that cracked me up again.

[@kingcosworth2643]

I prefer the 'It looks like the best part of you ran down the crack of your Mummas ass and became a brown stain on the mattress. But really they're all amazing.

[@patricksullivan2261]

The weird thing is, I met R. Lee Ermey. There is a major knife maker in NW Arkansas and they'd bring him in to do autographs. You never met a nicer guy. He and my father really hit it off, they were both Vietnam vets, and I remember him telling my dad "Colonel, I'm the luckiest SOB in the world. I get paid to do things I'd pay money to do."

[@JamesonsTravels]

Felt like I know the guy as well. Semper Fi Gunny.

[@patricksullivan2261]

@@JamesonsTravels What I like about the Gunny is he supported the troops. No matter what branch. Sure, he loved the Marines, but Air Force, Navy, Army, even the Coast Guard... he'd walk over burning coals to do USO tours for.

[@joshthompson5411]

That's awesome

[@86jmcade]

@@patricksullivan2261 Love the "even the Coast Guard". Seriously I love the good natured jokes and jabs. That's not a shot at you by any means. But when it come from some peoples ignorance, that is sad. I've been told every Marine knows who Douglas Munro was and what he did. Hope thats true

[@patricksullivan2261]

@@86jmcade That was a joke. Honestly I cannot praise the Coast Guard enough. What they do every day is amazing. "You have to go out, but you don't have come back" sums up the Coast Guard. They do such a great job with a fraction of the resources they should have. I am an old school Army family member but I will say that the Coast Guard is the day to day most essential military branch in the US.

[@Cadfael007]

R Lee Ermey did NOT use the words Kubrik and the script put into his mouth. 90% of these scenes were improvised by R Lee Ermey! As he was a Marine, he knew what to say and how to say it.

[@davidbarton5587]

That's a complete lie you m*r*n

[@titan133760]

Stanley Kubrick hated when actors improvised their lines, but he made an exception with R. Lee Ermey

[@RideAcrossTheRiver]

@@titan133760 Actually, what Kubrick couldn't stand was actors who didn't learn or know their lines. Improvisation and happy mistakes Kubrick always wanted to see.

[@ronj9448]

He was only allowed to do it once - then it was written down into the script and had to be repeated over and over.

[@Fractured_Disney_Mind]

Funniest thing one of my drill instructors said to a recruit was "Over a million sperm running a race and you were the one that won. Jesus Christ I can't imagine the result if you had lost!"

[@dwaynegreene152]

Hahahahahahahah

[@ricksanchez9232]

LOL...LOL....

[@bigress4300]

That’s…surprising

[@Karl_Drogo55]

now thats funny

[@kayodebolarinwa653]

Outstanding 😂😂

[@thomassohayda3375]

My dad being a Vietnam vet always said this movie was the most accurate portrayal of boot camp for that era.

[@AngelLopez-rl3yy]

My dad said the same thing

[@jackies56tbird]

My husband and all our USMC buds told me they got the crap beat out of them. They aren't allowed to do that anymore but.............Vietnam if you could breathe you could be drafted. BTW my husband enlisted

[@firebrand981]

@@jackies56tbird Worst thing ever happened. Vietnam was no ones business and still the president couldnt let it go and stick his nose where it doesnt belong to, i say this all in respect that many soldier lives could have been saved without this vietnam war which vietnam won anyway.

[@blaynegreiner9365]

@@firebrand981 Nah, there were no winners for that.

[@wadetheweird0]

@@blaynegreiner9365 In war, is there ever any winning? I mean really. Lives are still lost. Families are broken. New mental problems such as PTSD. I have nothing but respect to the men and women who serve, but in war, there is no winner. Only a conclusion.

[@SirChaosS]

6:28 FUN FACT: that wasn't "Pvt. Laurence Pyle" not keeping a straight face, it was Vincent D'Onofrio after something like 13 takes, they decided to just rewrite the scene with his smirk, and let Erney feed off it. and what we got was pure gold.

[@Mockturtlesoup1]

I never thought of this before, but do you get the rank of private before you finish boot camp? Or I guess what I'm asking is, are you technically a marine before finishing boot camp? Or are you enlisted, with a rank, and then officially become a marine after boot camp?

[@SirChaosS]

@@Mockturtlesoup1 I don't know how the Marines do it, but in the Navy (when i was in boot 26 years ago) we earned our pay according to our rate (E1, E2, E3) but we were never addressed by rank.

[@rexsaint-onge9995]

You are a "recruit". You dont get called a Marine until you climb the stairway to heaven and get your EGA the last day of the crucible (year 2000 - MCRD San Diego). And they dont say recruit like its a normal word, either. They spit it like its disgusting. Also anyone NOT in the Corps was purely known as "nasty civilian". Being referred to in the derogatory for 3 straight months made finally being called Marine one of the greatest rewards of all time.

[@Mockturtlesoup1]

@@rexsaint-onge9995 thank you. Do they call you private in boot camp? Meaning you have an actual rank?

[@rexsaint-onge9995]

@@Mockturtlesoup1 Technically you are a private as soon as you join. That is the first rank. Some people can recieve a meritorious promotion while they are in the DEP (like I did), and become a PFC (private first class), but that isnt common. Even so, you will not be referred to as an actual Marine, and def not by your rank, until the end of your 3rd month in boot. Your rank is "recruit" or "nasty recruit" until then.

[@georgehopkins8139]

Marine boot camp in 1968 was MUCH tougher then the sugar-coated version in Full Metal Jacket- that is a fact. We were far too afraid to have the nerve to smuggle chow out of the mess hall.

[@Benjimac379]

Would that have even been possible to smuggle chow out of the mess hall anyway?

[@themanstan12]

you didn't serve and if you did your friends died for naught

[@OzFrog48Z]

We also didn't have access to jelly donuts, so the scene with Private Pyle wouldn't have happened. (Platoon 3069 Nov 1969)

[@hylanddilligaf6023]

​@@OzFrog48ZYep in 74. Our Pyle did the jelly donut. He was built like Baby Huey. They put just an Apple on his tray. The smallest guy, they smothered his tray in chow and said EAT!!!

[@sambufalini4198]

Platoon 2017, San Diego Recruit Depot, summer of '67, on our knuckles on the grinder because some ahole effed up during drill. He sat under a palm tree, smoking a cigarette at the DI's "request." No blanket party, somebody just tripped him, he went down and we ran over him when we were dismissed for chow. Thing is, it was always going to be one of use, all to demonstrate in realtime what it means when someone in the platoon screws up.

[@luiamador4557]

I got to meet and take photos with Gunny a few years before he passed away. I mentioned I served in the Corps and because of my short height he knew I had been “appointed” to be a house mouse (recruits in charge of cleaning the Drill Instructor’s quarters and personal effects). The other recruits assumed things were easier for us because the drill instructors always protected us but what they didn’t know was we were getting yelled at more and bending more because we were always with them. I told Gunny when I met him that his portrayal in Full Metal Jacket almost scared me into not joining. He responded by saying “But you did join and you served. Not everyone can be a Marine. Semper Fi Devil Dog.” And then he shook my hand. The whole exchange gave me chills and an overwhelming sense of pride. Others waiting in line clapped and shook my hand after, thanking me for my service. RIP Gunny.

[@882952]

Lui Amador - Wow, that guy had a way of cutting right past any bullshit and saying exactly what needed to be said. :) BTW, thank you for serving!

[@bryanglassglass8971]

I was latrine queen

[@thetumans1394]

Which one of America's most gross invasions did you have to risk your life for? How many brown people did you kill?

[@daveware4117]

Cool story. My uncle was a marine and a veteran of the veitnam War. He served 2 tours of duty and got 2 purple hearts and a bronze star for his service. After the marines, he went on to be a California highway patrol officer. We lost him in 2015 to a short battle with ALS. After his death, we found out how big a deal he really was with the CHP. Although he didn't die in the line of duty, the California state flag was still hung at half mast at the state house. All of that being said, he never cared much for the CHP. It really was just a job for him. The United States marine Corp was the greatest organization in the history of man kind, in his opinion. The young marines that folded his flag and fired the salute for him would have been all he ever asked for his service. My uncle was my HERO. Far and away the toughest man I've ever known. Much respect to you guys. Thank you for your service.

[@derwinclarke928]

@@thetumans1394 don't blame a person for serving. blame the government for getting involved in wars in countries it never should've been in. for millions of people, the military is the only/best way to actually get an education/a decent paying job/pension. tl;dr - don't hate the player. hate the game.

[@the4tham]

We had a recruit named Ramirez, he was having issues shooting his rifle on the range. All over the place… DI SSGT Holt said, “Hey Ramirez I bet if we get you a lowrider and let you hang out the window you might be able to hit something…” 😂🤣

[@pegasusguy3560]

had a recruit named Ramirez, dide pulled a dummy grenade pin in his hand in the bleachers next to like 10 people and almost blew his hand off😂

[@matthewdops7272]

Lol

[@Bleismo]

Lmao hahaha xD

[@Mortarion13thSun]

Ramirez !!!!!!!!!

[@prezidenttrump5171]

nice fake story man.

[@dtw63]

I watched Full Metal jacket with my Dad who went in the Marine Corps in 1959. I asked “ Was it really like that Dad?” He said “ No. they toned it down quite a bit!” He said “ I went to basic training with a 30” chest, a 28” waist. I came out with a 30” waist, 50” chest” I miss you Dad. Rest In Peace.

[@keenanvaughn8453]

i miss my dad too, Dave. He wasn't a marine but it's not easy for a son to lose his father.

[@bruceriege7478]

thank-you for your service but I was in the corps in 1984 to 1992 and yes it did happen like that and I was a Hollywood marine shipped to the far east tour Okinawa Guam Philippines South Korea lastly Dessert Storm

[@star_gazer2967]

More lies of Mike Anthony Foster from Rockford, Illinois... Infact so are both of the replies. Smh

[@dtw63]

@@star_gazer2967 who are you talking about?

[@chuckmullen9036]

My dad went Pendleton in 59, was in for 5 years.

[@punklover99]

My dad was in the army in the early 70's he said this was pretty accurate. This is also one of his favorite movies

[@ChefMattReviews]

Fun fact: about 90% of the Gunny's insults and dialogue for this scene was completely improvised on the spot. And the director, Stanley Kubrick, who is notorious for never allowing improvisation, just let it happen because he couldn't stop laughing after each take.

[@Pointman11111]

Fun fact 2 the DIs actor R. Lee Ermey was in the army in RL

[@Pointman11111]

Correction he was at the marines

[@gibster9624]

That's not true. Ermey said he spent some time with other DI's coming up with a bunch of one liners to say and they made a full list of some of the best ones. The director was dying laughing as he was reading through some of them. When they went to shoot the scenes the guy they initially had to play the drill instructor was sick so they had Ermey read the lines in his stead and he executed the lines so flawlessly that he ended up getting the part. They actually shot the barracks scene of him pretty much doing all the lines they had come up with, not all of them made it in the final cut but they put the best ones in the final draft of the movie.

[@johnalbert2102]

Where did you hear that Kubrick didn't allow improvisation? Nearly all his movies contain improv, most famously R. Lee Ermey's DI insults and Jack Nicholson's "Here's Johnny!" line from 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘚𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨. Kubrick is actually known for not giving his actors specific notes, but allowing them a lot of liberty with the material. But during production he often demands endless takes and re-takes of the same scene until he decides he's got something he likes. In 𝘍𝘶𝘭𝘭 𝘔𝘦𝘵𝘢𝘭 𝘑𝘢𝘤𝘬𝘦𝘵, the banter between Joker and Animal Mother was reportedly done tens of times, and at one point Adam Baldwin threw his hands up in exasperation and exclaimed. "What the hell does he want?!?" At which point Kubrick calmly tilted his head from behind the camera and said, "How about 𝘣𝘦𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨?"

[@gibster9624]

@@johnalbert2102 Never said that he didn't allow it. Just disputing that they were improvised. They weren't Ermey himself admits that they got together to write down their best ones.

[@Dima01]

We were marching back from chow and our DI kept yelling "Get in step!" We were getting nervous because we WERE in step. He finally started getting insanely irate and kept yelling "GET IN STEP! AAARRRGGH!!!!" we look over to what the hell was going on. He was out there yelling at pigeons and Soul Chickens and chasing them around. All of us lost it. Platoon 3100 India company August 2000. Oohrah.

[@Igotstaagreewitcha]

Always had 3 drii instructors around us. Yes, i had my head smashed against the chalk board. Also gave 2 blanket parties to shit birds who just couldn't get it. They did after that!! Platoon 3090. P.I. 1979.

[@chiapets2594]

Or run back an forth every 3 minutes then right to the sand pit or have you lock you're rifles out for an hour "parallel to the deck"

[@Igotstaagreewitcha]

We used to pray our sr. drill instructor would come and give us a break from the 3 maniacs. I wish I could get in touch with some of the guys in my platoon!!!!. If you're out there guys, holla back. Parris Island, platoon 3090, 1979. Ooorah!!!!!!!!!!!!!. Wentworth, Nalborn, Gibson were the 3 MANIACS. Will NEVER 4get them!!

[@MC_kalCM]

3098 Kilo... Semper

[@jameshobbs1460]

Now that is funny! I can laugh now.. then not so much.. Outstanding!

[@crowtravis81]

A fellow recruit asked multiple times to go to the head on his final attempt he said "sir its an emergency!" The DI said "An emergency?! If it was an emergency I'd hear sirens!!' And made the recruit run around the squad bay making ambulance noises. I myself was made to stand in front of a mirror one time and point at myself and say" I'm not stupid" and then point at the mirror and say "you're stupid"😂

[@53fetech]

LOL same thing happened in my unit PI 1044 2005 rct stevens had to do the "im not stupid your stupid" for like 45 minutes

[@lewycrabtree8259]

Same here on both stories. Had a dude making the siren sound and whipping his skivy shirt over his head like an emergency flasher as well. Across the practice parade deck. And we had a recruit do the moonbeam in the mirror only it was “I’m not crazy, your crazy” . It was the recruit with a lisp too, so hard to not laugh.

[@johnv6806]

That's fuckin hilarious

[@Bad_Chad]

I heard a similar story of a guy who laughed and did the point in the mirror and say “I’m not funny, you’re funny.” Lol

[@lewycrabtree8259]

Chad Mayper I have to admit I got smoked several times for laughing. Myself and another recruit had to do funny push-ups in unison. Instead of counting the push-ups we just said ha-ha-ha-ha every time we came up. He walked by us and asked if it’s still funny, I said sir no sir, to which he replied bullshit I just heard you say Hah Hah Hah Hah keep pushing

[@user-lw3dg5ii2d]

The DIs called us 'home sick pukes'. It kind of intimidated us at first but after a few weeks, it was hard not to chuckle even when the DI was screaming.

[@raymondgodoy7560]

We had a guy that was so light he was almost an albino. One of the drill instructors used to call him "recruit ghost". The DI had him carry around in his cargo pocket a sheet with two cut holes in it. Whenever Sgt White (btw, he was black) was drilling us, he would take us in front of a dumpster and stop the platoon. Then he would call out "recruit ghost", who would them run and dive into the dumpster, throw the sheet over his head. Then he would bob up and down like a cheap Halloween decoration yelling, "OOoooOOOOoooooooOOOOOooooOOO! He did that just so we would lose bearing and laugh. That way he would have a reason to smoke us in the pit. Good times.

[@raymondgodoy7560]

It was so hard not to laugh. These guys had a real good sense of humor.

[@charlesw62]

CLASSIC

[@doomsday9973]

I cracked up just reading that!

[@raymondgodoy7560]

Only sick to the undisciplined, but hilarious to the thick skinned.

[@thomasdunn9009]

The Sgt reminds me of the FBI or CIA or whatever agents from Johnny Test Mr. Black the white one and Mr White the black one and the white one blew up Malaysia.

[@Zero14u]

My dad,rip, was a marine in Vietnam, he has told me that this is the most realistic Vietnam movie made.

[@roderickkarladdun7798]

Zero14u Sorry for your loss, and thank him for his service.

[@Baggio1558]

Sorry for your loss, in my opinion Full Metal Jacket and Platoon are the most realistic movies about Vietnam War.

[@nobullziggster4070]

Sure got my vote. Cant Imagine they could make this movie today with all the people acting on virtues now days instead of truth. We are Being bullied to see things their way. I love America...

[@sargeanthammer1011]

I took my youngest Son (Jason) to see it when it First came out. After the Movie he asked Me "Daddy was it really like that for you too ?" I told him "YES Son, Every Bit of it." Which now that I think about it, is probably the reason He Joined the ARMY.

[@nobullziggster4070]

The Navy gets the Gravy and the Army gets the beans, beans, beans, beans...

[@eltigre249]

I understand a DI can swear for 30 minutes straight without repeating himself.

[@iamyuheismi920]

i can't even do a minute of it :(

[@draculemihawk6897]

😂

[@erictaylor479]

That's got to be a gift.

[@yqwgjsg]

I found the higher the became in rank, the better their ass chewing abilities became.

[@stevewixom9311]

The good ones seem like they can do it without taking a breath

[@swampwiz]

First off, thanks to the author for your service. As for the abuse, it is absolutely needed because in a combat situation, the soldier must be able to take incoming fire and still achieve the mission objective. And oh, being accustomed to abuse will be a very good experience if ever a POW.

[@frankcorrieri]

Drill sergeant told one guy he looked like he fought off Downs in the womb and barely won

[@marksroberts4880]

Oh shit! That one made me actually laugh hard!

[@bobr7380]

Almost crapped my pants laughing.

[@sayjinpat4life]

That's funny as hell

[@truthhurts4922]

Ha!

[@davidresch390]

That’s hilarious

[@Bwh-rm3py]

My company commander nicknamed me "Short fat round person", the last day of boot camp he called me just "Short person". It was a compliment i think.

[@vannjunkin8041]

Hell yes it was.. he was physically promoted.

[@gusargoan]

Mine would have called you chow runner.

[@Bwh-rm3py]

@@gusargoan I was not that fat. 😂

[@gusargoan]

@@Bwh-rm3py by the end of boot camp, our chow runner wasn't either.

[@PoppaLung707]

@Gustav lmao

[@stetson3679]

DI didn't like how my arms were swinging when I marched. Had to run around the platoon swinging my arms like the robot from lost in space screaming "Danger Will Robinson, Danger"

[@lemontv7883]

That, that's funny.

[@bloodtrail2351]

Every time our DIs got pissed of for sloppy marching, whether real or imagined, they would just yell "Asshole to belly button"!!!!!, and if you're a Marine, you know that's not cool LOL

[@ilovesecretagents]

That's a fucking hilarious mental image

[@oldgysgt]

Remember, 6 to the front, 3 to the rear.

[@SIXPACFISH]

@@oldgysgt 9 to the front, and 6 to the rear! That's the way we do it here!

[@stevencillian9839]

In basic training we had a thief steal cigarettes from the mess hall staff. We had physical training for about two hours. Constant grass drills and cannon cockers. Screamed at by 5 drill sergeants. Finally, finally someone confessed around 2000. Brutal

[@leokimvideo]

This scene gives ex servicemen PTSD because it's so close to the bone. Kubrick is never going to stray from fact when he's telling his stories with film

[@meekstud]

@@xxefrainromanxx You’re

[@anoriginalname410]

@@meekstud Father

[@boredloner2609]

@@anoriginalname410 Nooooooo! Nooo!

[@WarGhostsquad]

More red back spider videos?!?

[@cheferick321]

Ptsb? Puss

[@StormsparkPegasus]

The actor (R Lee Ermey) was a real Marine drill instructor. He was originally brought in as a consultant. But he did such a good job that Kubrick just had him play the character.

[@Today_I_Choose_Violence]

Not one single person ever knew that. You must be some type of sorcerer to have so much wisdom.

[@jonathanferguson7791]

@@Today_I_Choose_Violence Well it IS a video about "does this stuff really happen" so MAYBE enough people nowadays don't remember that devil dog.

[@vetb882]

"Git some, GIT SOME!!!" Joker: How can you kill women, and children? "Easy, ya just don't lead so much. Ain't war hell?" Best war film ever. It literally gets better with age.

[@vetb882]

Yup, the Huey gunner was the original to play Hartman. Gunny was so natural Kubrick have the role to him. "

[@iRA_mkb]

Master Kubrick.

[@mikecarter5631]

We had a recruit smuggle a cookie back into the barracks. At hygiene inspection time, the Sr. Drill Instructor found a cookie in his footlocker. We got lucky. The Sr. only IT’d him. For the rest of boot camp, his name was the Cookie Monster.

[@deputy2717]

Lmfaooo "cookie monster"

[@DarkXVector]

I had a similar experience. During Army Basic Training, someone in 4th platoon put one of those small peanut butter packets in his pockets because it didn't fit on his tray. Three Drill Sergeants saw him, smoked him with pushups for a solid 10-15 minutes, and dubbed him as the "Peanut Butter Bandit"

[@cameronkraus6393]

We had a guy smuggle a cliff bar and when the Sr found it, he made him eat cliff bars until he puked

[@assassin_rk42]

@@DarkXVector that’s hilarious

[@chompythechomperchomp]

lol i remember something similar. My bunk mate smuggled in a packet of candy and hid it between some clothes in his locker. that fucker forgot about it for a couple days and eventually we had an ant problem. my DI came and turn the entire bunk inside out.

[@pqsnet]

That sergant is an actual sergant. He did what he used to do when he was actually active in bootcamp. Thats why it is so immersive and feels so authentic, because it is spot on for real. Im just amaized we only see a few minutes of what is supposed to be hours of rambling about in extra material that never made it into the movie. Either you have this memorized after years of yelling, or you have a real quick brain to come up with things on the go. Either way, its brilliant.

[@awesward4454]

"Your so ugly you could be a modern art masterpiece" I am dead LOLOLOL

[@smartyjonez5470]

*you’re or you are

[@scottmurdock01z]

I almost busted out laughing the 1st time 1 of our DI.'s called us a"gaggle of effing "ass-bgs"!1nce I was out in the FMF, "assbag" became 1 of my favorite insults.

[@noobmaster6823]

Smarty Jonez ok this is a comment section not a English class

[@khwanthepwisutthirangsan7503]

Ahahahhahaha

[@khwanthepwisutthirangsan7503]

DamperEmu dude.........

[@indomitusveritas9838]

My favorite was always: "if I want your opinion I'll give it to you".

[@gretchenbaker7435]

My Dad said that to me all through my teen years. Also his go to was "ill bang your heads together" Whenever my sisters and I fought. Sargent Major in NZ army dad

[@kpak76]

Mary jane rottencrotch must have had a daughter. When i was in bootcamp she was called suzy rottencrotch.

[@josephtheis5862]

Indomitus Veritas I don’t know whether to laugh or cry because that actually sums up some of our culture now!

[@lbb-ridge482]

"You're so ugly, you could be a modern art masterpiece" My favorite insult in the whole movie...lol

[@cestarianinhabitant5898]

Yeah, and it's aged like fine wine, jesus, modern art has only gotten so much worse since this movie got made :'D

[@Linkedblade]

I always thought "your parents have any children that lived?" was a great opening insult

[@lbb-ridge482]

@@Linkedblade lol... there were tons of 1As in the movie.

[@danskyl7279]

My favourite was 'Holy Jeesus, what is that? What the fk is that?'

[@LuisAngel-mu4zv]

@@cestarianinhabitant5898 mot only in paintings but in films too, how many pretentious films have methapors and deep meaning but no story, plot charecter arcs etc, Kubrick has those themes but he also have a well structured narrative and story

[@mr.timebombman2230]

Ermey was a real drill instructor that was initially brought in to be a consultant to someone that was supposed to play the part, but they figured why just not have him in the movie cause he really didn't have to act it, he lived it.

[@CrocodileBullet]

The door gunner was planned to play the DI. The consultant was far better.

[@xJ3R3MYx2K15x]

We had a guy mouth off and he got smacked in the face with a plastic red clip board. It exploded. He actually kept a piece until graduation and got it signed by the DI.

[@jamescameron9420]

thats epic

[@daveward6598]

one private answered Senior Drill instructor Gunnery Sergent Encinias with a "yes Ma'am". Don't remember what he was called up for.The next thing to happen from the door of the duty hut was a 5x8 file card box to his forehead. THEN we went out (as a platoon) to pt, and "make it rain". Anyone who was at MCRD Hollyood knows about them there sandburrs. Yet another lmao for the types who "steal valor"

[@darrenbryant5895]

😂

[@rmcguire7033]

Americans might think this is a wise way to train. I suggest the SAS training is far better. No need to be Unprofessional or Abusive. American Cops are the same. See Gurkha training videos to lean a wiser alternative.

R McGuire America has the greatest military God has ever known so, your suggestion falls flatly on its face. As for American cops, you would have to understand the deplorable hiring practices and the policing for profit motive to know why that is what it is. But to that point, they mostly seek PTSD laden vets or those who wish they had served, devoid of all empathy and now, want their piece of the action. Either way, it’s a bad situation.

[@Niek1001]

R Lee Ermey actually was a real drill-instructor. When he played this part he was actually improvising the hell out it. It's pretty amazing.

[@sonofsparda657]

once watched a kubrik interview about this movie and he said "R. Lee Ermey is a genuinely nice dude, very down to earth and cares about his people but the moment he got into that uniform he was like a changed man"

[@maxandmols9526]

R Lee was hired as a military advisor for the actor who was supposed to to be the di. Kubrick watched him on set and hired him.. literally made this movie.

[@louissmith5298]

Without Gunny Hartman the movie wouldn't be worth watching more than once. I watch Gunny clips on youtube once a day and it never gets old.

[@briefintroduction4995]

@@maxandmols9526 100% fact

[@insidiouscerberus6896]

That man still to this day is a god and legend, today's DIs hope to one day be him lol

[@sunnu777]

Fact is, they didn't teach him these insults ... these were HIS OWN improvised insults that the director gave him liberty to pursue. He just said "action", and he tore the recruits a new one every shoot...

[@robertslusser6753]

I beg to differ; I think every thing that Lee Ermey as Gunney Hartman said I heard on Parris Island. "Mary Jane Rotten Crotch" , "If I die on the Russian front, bury me with a Russian c__t", and the infamous "This is my rifle, this is my gun" maneuver. The only thing that I ever had a problem with was Gunney Hartman's treatment of Private Pyle. It was a subtle difference but, though our DI's did everything that Hartman did, I've always thought that Gunney Hartman was portrayed with a slightly sadistic streak when it came to Private Pyle. Even at the height of the Vietnam war, our DI's on Parris Island did their best to make sure we graduated as a basically trained Marine. Sure, there were a few guys who were taken out of our platoon to go to the "Fat Body" platoon to lose weight and then they joined with a later platoon to finish training. The one's who just had a bad attitude were sent back to the "Motivation Platoon" to get "squared away" and then start training from day one again. The mere threat of getting "set back" and having to go through boot camp all over again was, for most of us I believe, a huge motivating factor for us to get thru each day and do the best that we could so that we could get off of that damned island. One of our DI's once said that the shortest way off of the island was the right way; get your "ass in gear" and give at 100% everyday. Hell, at that time because of the need for fresh bodies in Vietnam, we only had 8 weeks of boot camp. I was one week out of high school and even had my 18th birthday on the island. God, we were young and dumb but we were motivated as hell.

[@Crimson_Logic]

There's a video on KZbin about how Ermey got the role. These insults came from when he was doing some screen tests with the actors and was filling in for the original actor. Ermey wanted the role for himself, so he used the screen tests as a way of showing Kubrick what he could do. Kubrick liked it and had his assistant write it all down.

[@STNeish]

He was actually a DI before he was an actor.

[@hauuagdbhshg3604]

Well, this particular scene is exactly like in the book, in terms of cursing, not much improv at all. Other scenes have a lot of it, but not this one.

[@donaldmurphy3148]

No, difference is... Combat Veteran. Your foe will not wait while you tie your boots.

[@thomasgarrison3949]

I'm a USMC & US Army Veteran 1974-88, most of this this really happened back in the 1970's, a blanket party happened, 3 DI's screaming at me instead of just one, slapped on the side of the face, punched in the stomach, a boot in the butt, etc. One thing that happened in my USMC Boot Camp was somebody asked to watch TV, most of us thought it was a great idea, so the senior DI rolled out a TV on a cart, we had to assume the TV watching position toes & elbows touching the deck hands on our chins as we watched a unplugged TV, the 3 DI's made sure we did not let anything but our toes & elbows touched the deck, it seamed like hours, but it was probable only half an hour, we never asked to watch TV again. One thing that was wrong was that no ammo or magazines were allowed off of the firing range, they were all strictly accounted for.

[@timothybeardsley2715]

We had a guy who kept answering "yeah". Our DI made him go to every toilet, yell "yeah" into it, and flush; just to get rid of it! All the while we were all trying not to laugh! That was 1995 and I remember it like it was yesterday.

[@geofreak75]

Parris Island 1994 platoon 1009

[@LennyCash777]

Dude, that's hilarious. I love it.

[@jesseseymour6690]

PI 98 that’s the stuff!!!

[@brettbewley5798]

This is what I've always wondered. How do you not laugh at some point when they're screaming in your face and trashing you and your squad mates with funny ass one liners? I guess that gets knocked out of you pretty quickly?

[@TwoGunToast]

Just imagining that made me laugh

[@javenrilo]

Coming from Puerto Rico, one of my DIs asked me “when was my banana boat coming to pick me up” referring to our graduation date.

[@arnulfogonzalez3236]

😂😂

[@terriquinlan7683]

And how did that make you feel?

[@terriquinlan7683]

I so hope that he was Puerto Rican.

[@javenrilo]

No he was not. He was from Greensboro, South Carolina. To tell the truth, I could care less. Joining the Marine Corps was a dream of mine. To this day, no words hurt me. Only lies and betrayal hurt. So no words from what I knew was a “training attitude” would break me. As a matter of fact, all my Marine friends had some sort of story if their DIs punishing them to the extreme or saying something about the island. Me, I didn’t want to be left out. To this date I remember him, the day he said it, how he said it, his breath stench when he said it. My answer and what came afterwards. Quarterdeck, but no heart pain.

[@eliasespinoza7665]

@@javenrilo I was called a spik, but not from DI's (didn't know what it meant at the time)

[@craqcked9043]

So no ones gonna talk about the 3 minutes of straight music no sound

[@tylerdexterbateman8688]

He must've talked about shit they don't want us knowing. But we can ask him what he said right?

[@Cheeks117]

Pretty sure that was put in after for copyright purposes

[@tylerdexterbateman8688]

@@Cheeks117 ahh didn't even think about that 😂👊💥😵durr I had a moment 🤣🤣

[@kweyacanguerin6951]

lol

[@user-ew9lc9gm4k]

Listening to it rn, it’s 3 mins of this?

[@rengarcia5189]

10:56 we were forbidden from walking around with no shoes on. You had to have either your boots on or you had to have your "shower shoes" ie-flip flops. If they caught you shoeless, you were in for it.

[@flfun2no]

In basic training at Fort Benning a private in my platoon pissed himself during a long march so the drill sergeant called him "Piss-in-boots"! This soldier's name was Greathouse, which a drill sergeant updated to Outhouse! Drill sergeants are quick witted and can crack jokes instantly!

[@dr.tooclean7217]

This reminds me of the movie major paine when the little kid pissed himself and he said "you nasty little worm".

[@UltimateDan1]

Happened in my BCT class at Sand hill too lmao

[@jayo1212]

My summer camp often had privates like you guys volunteering as counselors, and there was one counselor we had that was similarly called "Pee Pee" because he pissed himself while they were standing attention!

[@cavemanzebra]

We had a guy that was getting smoked and scrambled eggs came out of his cargo pocket. The Drill Sergeant asked him why the hell he would put scrambled eggs in a pocket. He said “they were hard boiled when I put them in there drill sergeant!” 🤣

[@andrewsims7182]

Sand Hill 2001

[@paulkoloski2128]

"Did your mother have any children who lived?" was a line used by my drill instructors at Parris Island in 1975.

[@michaelmccaul6436]

Every platoon must have had a Gomer Pyle. 1980 Parris Island the old wooden barracks I can't count the number of times I read Gomer Pyle was here.

[@juanelorriaga2840]

I love that line lol

[@BeeBeeCJr]

HAHAHA. Fuck.

[@andyzunich5281]

That doesn’t even make sense. Heard it a million times, still no idea what it means

[@yungthug2403]

Andy Zunich that the one insulted by it is brain dead or adopted, that’s all I can come up with from that, doesn’t really make sense

[@christophercanis9558]

We had a kid called Sandoval. His head was freaking HUGE compared to his body. I remember him getting called "A sniper's wet dream". I laughed so hard they bent me in the classroom for FOREVER! Good times! I still laugh when I think about it. LOVE THE USMC! LOVED BOOT CAMP!

[@rickd2327]

OMG i am laughing!!!!

[@greatriffishere]

Lmao!!!

[@afterburner2869]

We also had a guy with a huge dome as well. You could tell that he wasn’t quite right and our DI keyed in on that. Big head did something stupid one morning outside the chow hall and my DI proceeds to chew him up and spit him out so severely that he stood there and pissed himself. He was on his way home the next day. My DI did his job by weeding out those that didn’t belong there and that poor guy certainly did not belong in the military.

[@christophercanis9558]

@Greezy Mcgill I really did love it. I was physically already in great shape and mentally I was half crazy, so... loved it! I graduated Company Honorman. Platoon Guide throughout the entire cycle.

[@monkeemantv3119]

That's hilarious! 🤣🤣

[@Rabbi_Rabbs]

Thank you for your service. There is a major difference between when you joined the corps vs. the Vietnam era. Recruits during your time never spout off at the DI as Joker did. But, Joker was not a recruit. He never volunteered. He got drafted against his will, and thrown into the island the same way he got thrown into elementary and high school, where he likely rebelled against authority by being the class clown. So, when the DI goes all mondo authoritarian, Joker cannot contain himself. It's just public school again with yet the latest d--k teacher, and he lets it fly.

[@moodylemon88]

I like to imagine that he wasnt hired and he just broke into the set and started screaming at the recruits

[@shuneughu4244]

The guy who says in the helicopter “you just don’t lead em so much” was supposed to be the actual DI However ermey was a stand in or something and after awhile of persistence he got the roll

[@mk2design]

@@shuneughu4244 afaik Emey was hired as a teacher for that actor, and as a consultant for all things regarding boot camp and while excersizing the actor Kubrick came along when Emey was cussing things Kubrick never heard of, so Stanley got interested and finally Emey got the role.

[@cocean158]

I believe he was actually a consultant in the beginning

[@Yahshuaismyeverything]

lolllll

[@CodyBoyy]

@@shuneughu4244 ermy was a retired di

[@timshotwell2806]

I sat with R.lee E. for about 4 hours one day, 10 years ago. and he was quite the guy. He was very much like he was in the movie. I told him that I had seen the movie about 10 times and realized that during the famous dialog he did not blink one time through the whole scene. I join the Army in 69 and served 31 years infantry, 3 years in the Drill Sgt. School. What A Ride. Thank you for your post.

[@12yearssober]

31 years!!!! Man I bet you have some stories to tell!!!!

[@Jay-nj1oz]

Thank you for your service.

[@angelagraves865]

Did you serve with a Sgt A. Whitright?

[@okeepam1]

thank you for your service.I missed the simple life after bootcamp.

[@KiSaty]

What an amazing ride you must have had sir and thank you for your service.

[@Southfloridaparanormal]

My father told me of a story from his time in Navy Boot camp back in the mid 50s. Was After lights out, and several men were making noise. DI came in and said he better not hear another peep, After he turned of lights and shut door, someone yelled peep. No one owned up. DI made every get up put on full gear and March all night. Father said a couple nights later the jokester was the guest of honor at a "Blanket party"

[@sailor213100]

When I went through there was no blanket party, but heard of it, I went in 1988, a year or so after this. DIs were know as CCs Company Commander.

[@mikecarter5631]

I went through marine recruit training in 1997 in San Diego. Our platoon’s knucklehead was also the guest of honor in a blanket party.

[@holdmybeer7621]

Navy boot camp?

[@jeffj6815]

@@holdmybeer7621 Yes, Navy. It's nowhere near as physical as Marine Boot Camp but they f&ck with you mentally some kind of awful

[@mikegracie3212]

I remember recruit training in 1975 and it was fairly physical and the mental harrassment was intense during the first few weeks. I had a migraine for a couple of days and one of the people in our company messed up badly and wouldn't own it. I discovered that intense physical training was a cure for the migraine. The young man who messed up was the recipient of a "blanket party". It took me a couple of years to understand that everything the company Commander did was designed to turn us from civilians sailors

[@themrrogers77]

My Drill Sargent called me private Sugar Smacks. My last name is Szymczak. Ahhahahaha

[@robertbrownfield2181]

I was not a Marine, just an Army puke. When I was sent to basic, they screwed up and sent me 2 weeks early. I spent those weeks in the barracks just talking to the DI. The DI was a great guy, was in Veitnam and had a lot of stories. But the day basic started, it was like a switch was thrown and his face took on a permanent scowl. Never figured out how he did that. Sgt Husky must have taken a liking to me as all during basic he only ever said one word to me, and he said it every time his eyes seen me. That word was simply “Drop”. I swear I did more pushups during basic than the rest of the platoon combined. Good times. Never forgot that man because of that.

[@MrMiD.Life.Crisis]

Thats such a cool story. But also after seeing, speaking to and getting to know the DI beforehand, i think some people would either find it hard to take them seriously or would be in shock! Hope you're doing good.

[@TnerB91]

That’s like all DS or DI’s catch them off duty or after graduation they become your best friends lol I remember after graduating OSUT our DS totally did a 180 and they were completely different people. Started joking around and taking to us like human beings. Went from yelling and screaming at us to “hey congratulations dude welcome” or “so how was it? Did you have fun?” I mean just simple small talk. It was very disorienting to say the least haha

[@golfery5119]

@@TnerB91 i'm actually facebook friends with two of my company's drill sergeants. i was in another platoon during basic, but i had several interactions with them (plenty of interactions with trainees and drill sergeants of other platoons in the company) and they bitched at me quite a few times. when I asked one of them if he remembered that time that he almost fucked me up at 3 in the morning because i and another guy was on fireguard but that guy fell asleep on duty and didn't answer the radio, he said he didn't remember.

[@deandavis9635]

I had the same, (sent a month early), but two of were sent to the fat farm. We both passed our 13 pushups to get to basic, but the Army fucked up. We had to wear the same color tape on our earplug case as the out of shape rejected cases. No syrup on my pancakes and no dessert. Extra time learning my General Orders, Alphabet, workouts from Hell, and more time served had my graduate OSUT as an E2.

[@dlarsen7532]

@@TnerB91 never been in the military but its there job to make the best outta you and that's what they do in training break you down and groom you to be the best of the best

[@robertrudolph3549]

I still have nightmares about DI Sgt Pridgen, that dude hated me, swear to God he was trying to kill me. He shook my hand first thing as I walked off the Parade Deck, told me I was his favorite, that he loved to stress me cause of the was I always looked " Like his 6 month old with a dirty diaper" he actually said that to my mother. God I miss that.

[@jesseseymour6690]

Mi Senior never said anything like that, but when he handed me that EGA I lost it

[@captainthez6532]

Lol

[@kal5126]

I had a similar experience....the DI that always singled me out and harassed me I thought hated me...I ended up getting rolled back after team week for stress fractures and ended up in a different platoon...that same DI came to my graduation

[@dreia2405]

OMG LOL

[@jonathanwilson3515]

Yeah I was 120 lbs when I went in so one of the Drill Instructors annointed me Private Smegol and every time they dumped my foot locker I had to crawl around yelling "my precious" after I picked something up. I have never eaten that much in my life by the way. Gained 25 lbs just in boot camp

[@joesuhrada5615]

On winter 1945 my dad goes to basic at 125 and leaves 145. That was small even then so he got the BAR!

[@paul311emain]

Lol, that’s great..

[@jcadams8232]

Audie Murphy's nickname in boot camp was Baby.

[@JonSmith-oy4bi]

Hopefully all muscle

[@shammyone]

I went in at 220, came out at 165.

[@paullowmanjr.8089]

Try going through boot when your Senior DI is best friends with your uncle. And your uncle was the Navy Corpman Master Chief for 12 years at Paris Island. It was a brutal time for me.

[@wallofrock6725]

They made sure they would never be accused of bias towards you.

[@darklordofyocommunitah4781]

Fun fact: Stanley Kubrick let R. Lee Ermey improvise most of his own lines.

[@mrshadrack8554]

90% of the lines were at least influence by him

[@linkmaballs540]

R. Lee ermey was actually a drill instructor

[@darklordofyocommunitah4781]

@@linkmaballs540 "No $#!+...We got ourselves a comedian...private Joker!"

[@bidenisthebest7181]

everybody knows this

[@mrshadrack8554]

@@bidenisthebest7181 because of comments like his

[@markdinslage752]

One of my jr DI s came in one sunday morning and said his wife wouldnt sleep in the same bed with him because he would wake up choking his pillow because he was thinking about killing us even in his sleep.

[@hoovy5398]

Goddamn

[@jdgoodwin8391]

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[@jdgoodwin8391]

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[@jdgoodwin8391]

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[@glennhammond933]

Outfuckingstanding, LMFAO.

[@bluegregory6239]

R. Lee Ermey turned in one of the best cinematic performances in history and should have won an Oscar for this.

[@rubeng370]

He wasn't nominated because he wasn't acting, he was playing himself from his DI experience 😅 so nope. Even if in 1987 he had the most memorable performance 🎭

[@nateswaby93]

Well no. He’s not acting so technically no

[@CaptainLeDoosh]

He won a global Oscar for this

[@Irish__Clan]

@@rubeng370 Since acting is not to act, he should have been nominated.

[@jerrycunningham1820]

Yeah, it happened USAF 1985 pillow party. Soap bars in the pillo case. 4 guys hold down the blanket, everyone participates!

[@larrydriver547]

Actor R. Lee Ermey ad libbed throughout the movie. Much of what he said wasn’t apart of the script. Even the director was shocked with some of the things he would say. R. Lee Ermey created his own script and the other actors would just follow along. R. Lee Ermey was himself a drill Sergeant in Vietnam. Actually, he was just being himself.

[@thataurus2492]

It was weird seeing him in Toy Story and the angry beavers cause his tone was different even in SpongeBob it was strange seeing him watered down

[@brianharris4275]

R Lee was a DI at San Diego and he did serve in Vietnam!

[@domenicvece6586]

Drill instructor**

[@9mmsleepingpill851]

Without Ermey, I don't think this movie is as successful. His portion is at the beginning and his authenticity just sucks you into the movie. Plus, the main demo of the movie were the ones went through this and survived. It's up there with the greatest ~10 minute clip of a movie ever. Didn't knew he was ad libbing, which makes the scenes and other actors abilities that much more impressive.

[@linusp9316]

@@9mmsleepingpill851 Yep. He was great. One really remarkable thing to me is: Ermey had already played a drill instructor in another movie, ten years earlier.. but wasn't very good. No offense meant. He was mediocre as a drill instructor in an earlier movie, but brilliant in this. Kubrick brought the genius out of him.

[@GiDD504]

Fun fact : Lee Ermy didn’t have a dialogue script for his insults. It was all improvised in the moment.

[@gcolwill]

He definitely got his lines from real life experience - his performance was SPOT ON! Uncanny.

[@johnking1896]

The gunny used what he had done years before, it was all natural and that is why it worked, I know many actors could with time and much effort put something together, but this was 1 time that the only way for it to work was to have a real DI fill this roll, Semper Fi Gunny.

[@phoenixrising4573]

He wasn't even supposed to play the role was he? The original DI was the "get some" guy....

[@larrydavid4820]

And that's why he got an oscar for it.

[@GiDD504]

phoenix rising yup! Door gunner lost the role to ermy!!

[@stevenf1953]

Someone probably already told you this, R. Lee Ermey was a real-life Marine drill instructor, in San Diego CA from 1965 to 1967. So, he probably came up with that stuff himself. He was nominated for a golden globe for that performance.

[@randybobandy9828]

I wish we had footage of his real-life drill instructing.

[@danielcarroll5667]

He did not come up with that himself , I was in Parris Island in 1969 , I heard some of his exact insults and even "better" , years later when I spoke to People that had been there before him they said the same

[@randybobandy9828]

@Daniel Carroll that simply doesn't make sense... he was a drill instructor from 1965-1967, so he predates your time in boot camp. Also, he was a drill instructor in San Diego, not Parris Island.

[@Cum007]

@@randybobandy9828 genius

[@randybobandy9828]

@Light Heavyweight Dosser I'm not claiming he made up all his own material in the movie, but the guy above story doesn't disprove anything.