The D.I. end scene

[@blockmasterscott]

Reminds me of graduating boot camp in 1985. That was the proudest day of my life. I was bullied my entire childhood, told I was weak and worthless. This was the test to see if they were right, and I proved them wrong. Semper Fi.

[@yossarian6799]

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...

[@zen4men]

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

[@rebeccaromero7765]

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

[@sjb3460]

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

[@WillCrump-e5x]

Did you have a Gunny Hartman for a D.I.???

[@johnciummo3299]

How many young American boys saw this movie and joined the Marines? Greatest recruiting tool ever! I was one of them. Joined three days after graduating from HS in June of 65. Full of innocence and pride. The movie was made in the 50’s when we America was at peace. Vietnam was in our future. Our DI’s knew this and pushed us to our limits and beyond. They were ruthless and relentless. I did my tour in 1968. 13 months of seeing my innocence stripped away and realizing war is very serious business and if you somehow survive it and make it home in one piece, you should never complain about anything ever for the rest of your life! I was lucky. Served as a Marine Scout Dog Handler with the 1st MarDiv. Worked with the 1st, 5th,7th Marines plus 1st Recon. Came home with the Bronze Star w/V & Two Purple Hearts and Sargent stripes. Worked my way thru college and earned two degrees. Entered the business world and had a great career. Wonderful family and wife. No regrets. So many of my fellow Marines weren’t so lucky. Killed, maimed, or mentally screwed up for life. I often wonder how many young boys saw that movie, joined the Corps because of that movie and never came home alive. I’ve always been proud of my service but I also realize so many of my friend’s weren’t as lucky as me. Semper Fi.

[@ScottMurray-ce6iw]

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

[@scottw5315]

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

[@LymanSheba]

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.

[@jamessimms415]

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

[@robertslusser6753]

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.

[@markosterhage4093]

My father was a D.I. at Parris Island MCRD when this movie came out. He has always maintained it was the really deal. I bought the dvd ,when it came out a few years ago for him. My son and I watched it with him (I spent 20 yrs in the Army, My son is current active duty Army). We watched the years roll of my father remembering what was like to be D.I. back then. He told us that was his favorite job in the Corps (24 year man). After watching it with him , my son said he now understood why we lead the life we all have that being one of service to our country,

[@temims]

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

[@lestermount3287]

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

[@zagnit]

Thank you for your families service

[@ls66]

Semper Fi!

[@newstarcadefan]

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

[@martinmiller1087]

I saw this film on TV in the late 50s or early 60s. I was drafted into the Army in 1966. I had no idea then that I'd eventually become a US Army Drill Sergeant serving at Ft. Dix, NJ as an Advanced Individual Training (AIT) Infantry Drill Sergeant.

[@mohammedcohen]

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

[@johnwilliamson2276]

I watched this in the USO in Jacksonville NC just before I was to be on orders to go to Vietnam in 1969. I was the only one watching it. Great movie too. Semper Fi Brothers

[@richardhalbert9378]

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

[@jefffivel1227]

Semper fi

[@cairparavel11stevens82]

Vietnam 67-68 G-3-11

[@alfredhughes8765]

I will never know the Hell you went through in Nam, but I want to say THANK YOU for your service and making it home. I went to Army boot camp in '83. While in basic, I blew my knee out again (first time in HS playing football). I really enjoyed it.

[@billmalone5050]

How I made it through USMC basic training / boot camp at MCRD Parris Island, SC in 1983 I will never know. It's been 39 years since I was there and I think about that place every single day. Once more before I die, I would like to visit MCRD Parris Island, SC again. Full Metal Jacket, The D.I. and The Boys in Compony C are my favorite USMC boot camp movies. Rest in peace, R. LEE Ermey and Jack Webb.

[@user-my8kv4ih6r]

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

[@marktercsak9728]

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.

[@1sttvbn]

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.

[@jkillgrove]

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

[@1sttvbn]

@@jkillgrove 😂

[@comingjudgement1214]

This was, and still is a great movie. Jack Webb was born to play this role. Very inspirational movie.

[@donaldclay9535]

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

[@antonbruce1241]

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

[@stephenhowes8937]

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

[@spikespa5208]

Best line in the film: "Idiot!!"

[@iamtpac8335]

@@spikespa5208 Goooooooooooooooooooo!

[@jameskawaikaupejrcwo3usmcr573]

Yes, The best thing I ever did was enlist in the United States Marine Corps in 1972. I retired in 1994 as a CWO3 after serving 21 years, 3 months, and 7 days. But who’s counting right. I remember when I was with the Hq Co, 4th, Bn 12th Marine Regiment, 3rd MARINE DIVISION, Okinawa in 3/74-5/75. I had already been deployed with 4th Marines in Mindoro Philippines and Camp Fuji, Japan. I had a great experience in Okinawa and Japan.

[@randalldunkley1042]

This film was one reason why I joined the Marines in 1965. I identified with Jack's character and found out real quick I was worth nothing until I graduated from Boot Camp and ITR in 1966. Then I realized Pvt. Owens was my alter ego. A successful 4 years and I left as a Sgt. E-5.

[@jeffersonrundell7540]

Great testimony. Thank you.

[@williamwright5210]

My father inlaw ken cochran was a DI at parris Island in the 60s

[@stevenw4318]

Every vet I know has said pretty much the same thing on the 1st night in basic.."OMG! What have I gone and done!"

[@mortweiss3151]

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

[@garry9156]

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

[@jamesrogers47]

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

[@guitarman0551]

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

[@XJarhead360]

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?"

[@vietvet1295]

Jack Webb was tailor-made for this role. He made me think of my drill instructor who was tough as nails and literally made me into the man I am today and prepared with the discipline I desperately needed. Here's to you MSgt. Esser!!

[@tomjustis7237]

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.

[@muffs55mercury61]

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

[@muffs55mercury61]

@@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)

[@tomjustis7237]

@@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.

[@r2gelfand]

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

[@TheBatugan77]

Retired USN. Proud to serve alongside Uncle Sam's Misguided Children! Semper Fi and God Bless you all!

[@MikeJMarine]

Acronym for Marine= My ass rides in Navy equipment! Semper Fi! USMC 78-82

[@ons-psi-gs]

Anthony Charles barns

[@pedroelmont7593]

I saw this when I was a kid on TV with my late Dad, in the 60s when he was a flight instructor at Ft. Rucker. We loved it. We both loved Jack Webb on Dragnet, but I had no idea he had made this movie much earlier. The actual Marines in the movie really helped it.

[@tierone4761]

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!

[@baron7755]

what movie is it?

[@AmericanIsraeliJew]

Surprisingly enough Don Dubbins (Private Owens) was a Marine during WWII and was involved with several of Jack Webb’s other film ventures. When I saw this movie as a child, I never thought I’d be a Marine but I was, am and always will be, The Few, The Proud, The Marines uuuuuuuhraaaah. Boot camp Platoon 1048, A Company, 1st Battalion, 1st Mar Div, San Deigo, California. Graduated 27 July 1973.

[@michealknight3776]

Platoon 1022 , A company , 1st Battalion San Diego 1995

[@semperfine4442]

Shalom Brother! I was Plt. 140, A co., 1st battalion, P.I. Graduated 6 August '73. Nicknamed "Pvt. Jewboy", it was a serious learning experience. My Heavy Hat D.I. went on to retire as a Master Sgt., and then went on to become a multi-millionaire investor. God Bless you William D. Leopold! You might also add "Tribes" with Darren Mcgavin to your list of Boot Camp films.

[@marcusjustice6165]

27 July 1973 I turned Age 9. 27 July 1983 Age 19 First Duty Station Marine Barracks Guam Marianas Islands Guard Company 2nd Platoon MOS 0311 billet 8151 Security Guard.

[@michealknight3776]

@@marcusjustice6165 man you got the Marine Corps best kept secret on your first tour? You lucky dog

[@charleselkins601]

This movie made me join the military. I spent 23 years on active tours with multiple combat tours. This is the greatest movie ever made

[@ericseabury3968]

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

[@jerrycoon2797]

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

[@AmericanIsraeliJew]

I second that.@@ericseabury3968

[@AmericanIsraeliJew]

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

[@bigbrother9531]

And McHale's Navy is the reason I joined the Navy.

[@thebestisyettocome4114]

Jack Webb, Dragnet Fame, Adam 12, and Emergency. Tv in the 60s and 70s.

[@pressureworks]

Dragnet Radio Show and Original 1950's TV Show.

[@yossarian6799]

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.

[@tonyjones1560]

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.

[@Dobie-h2l]

Yo Jack " BABY" Webb

[@ronniebishop2496]

They make you feel like a million bucks and could fight the whole damn world. Pride above and beyond the call of duty.

[@WalterDWormack214]

The scene where Moore 'catches' the recruit wearing the "Movie Starlet Sunglasses", is absolutely HILARIOUS! He takes the sunglasses off the wiseguy recruit, taps the lenses OUT of the frames. Puts the frames BACK on 'wiseguy', as if to say, you'll see MUCH better this way! Priceless!

[@partriarch]

Until the release of Full Metal Jacket, with the boot camp segment and Gunny Hartmann, this movie was as authentic a representation of Marine recruit training that there was. Webb was a good actor, and it helped that many of the "recruits" in the film were active duty NCOs who filled out the movie ranks. FMJ surpassed "The DI" because R. Lee Ermey WAS an actual Marine drill instructor, and had all the moves, the voice, and the machine-gun insults down pat. Even when he tells his marching recruits "..You're bouncing.", that is what we heard from my Drill Instructors when we were learning COD on the grinder.

[@nagantm441]

web was a drill sergeant in the army

[@patriotpatriot473]

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.

[@trxxxtr]

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.

[@partriarch]

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.

[@annaim4tun875]

partriarch Exactly!

[@josemoreno3334]

My two brothers were U.S. Marines and proud of them. Semper Fi.

[@michaelgoodman1314]

Oorah!

[@cirwin8561]

When I was a kid of about 16 years old, this movie made me want to be a DI. Amazingly enough 5 years later I was in fact a Drill Sergeant at Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri with the US Army. Except for serving in the 1victory

[@dscott501]

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.

[@j.tarpley2123]

Sometimes life just isn't fair. The D.I. upon retirement would change his name to Joe Friday and work for the L.A.P.D. and all he wanted was the facts. To add insult to injury, his partner Col. Potter would become a surgeon and command the 4077th M.A.S.H. while he disappeared into obscurity.

[@bbb462cid]

what about Smith??

[@helenrobinson4305]

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[@e.a.corral4713]

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

[@rogerodle8750]

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

[@vdx8888]

OMG, I had goosebumps when I saw this. It reminded me of my days in bootcamp where I was the guide-on. Hold that flag straight, high, without bouncing. We were more than impressive as we went down the avenue. Other recruits could only admire us as we passed in revue. We had made it and the world could not prepare for us, those who were transformed in a time when men were men, sheep were scared, and all the cattle were nervous.

[@carlhursh9692]

I saw the D.I. When I was in Boot Camp. The Marine Corps has changed so much, and not for the good. Jack Webb was awesome. We were aging Ho!

[@williamroyt1296]

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

[@Boris_Chang]

Just the facts ma’am.

[@ronin6737]

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

[@leemoore9933]

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

[@AstroVanTribe]

I went through Parris Island in 1985 - This was the one movie they'd put on the tube from time-to-time, this or the bug fights....

[@davidshettlesworth1442]

Just an awesome scene! Semper Fi! Serving in the Corps before attending college was a tremendous help. The Corps lives on.

[@ralphperry3576]

38 years baby and still going ‼️Don’t quit.Semper Fi‼️

[@johndunn4228]

I achieved Full Chub when the Staff Sgt ordered the "guidon front and center" Semper Fi Devil Dogs

[@JosephHerzog-f9c]

I was a dentist in Yucca Valley CA around 1991 when Jack Webb's daughter stacy presented to me for treatment . She died a few years later when she pulled out of a Morongo Valley VFW at night and-ironically- was T boned by a CHP going downhill at over 80 mph on Hwy 62. She looked much more like Jack than her mom Julie London. She was perhaps only 45. Jack Webb was our nationsl treasure.

[@christiantroy3034]

When I was in Boot Camp 4/86 to 6/86 PI PLT 2053 SDI Sgt Dumas this was the only thing on TV when we could watch TV saw the same scenes every Sunday evening.

[@frankdenardo8684]

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.

[@wcatholic1]

This old dog soldier has ultimate respect for the Leathernecks. I don't want to get into the whose Basic Training is hardest but the first night of mine in the Army version I had one DS screaming in one ear, another in another ear , and one in my face bouncing the brim of that campaign hat on the bridge of my nose demanding to know if the reason for 'eyeballing' him was because I thought he was pretty. I answered "Yes Drill Sergeant I do think you are pretty". Life was never quite the same again. Among other names I was known as 'comedian'. NEVER draw attention to yourself! This was in 1981.

[@antares4s]

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.

[@wcatholic1]

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

[@valkor73]

there trying to pussify it

[@garry9156]

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

[@wcatholic1]

Ah, those were the days!

[@charleswolfe7636]

I saw The D.I. while stationed on Okinawa in 1970. (Armed Forces TV) I was in the Army, at Torii Station, on the bay near Kadena AFB, but Oki had more Marines than anything else.

[@peterasterino9893]

I saw this movie in May or June of 1957 weeks after my honorable discharge from 4 yrs of the corps. Was great then, as it is now, closest thing to real boot. Pete Asterino N Syracuse

[@19safe53]

Thank you for your service.

[@dianarendon4047]

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

[@richardkunkle7445]

Well done, Marine.

[@codyprice4592]

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.

[@josephcostello695]

Peter Asterino thank you for your service to our country

[@mytelf5878]

The D.I. can be purchased at Turner Classic Movies. Wonderful library available for sale.This is one of 5 of my favorite movies: Sunset Boulevard, the D.I., Pete Kelly's Blues, Dragnet, and The Last Time I Saw Archie. Enjoy!

[@williamboardman9476]

Semper Fi to all the Marines enjoying this. I never saw this BEFORE boot camp. August 78. Parris Island. H company 3071.

[@jamesfleming5849]

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.

[@johndevonshire8554]

I believe this to be a true representation of boot camp, at least what I went thru in basic. I am not a Marine, but I still an emotional feeling of pride for the Corps when I here their anthem. God bless you Marines, you are the best!

[@hoatattis7283]

john Devonshire: No not the best but among the best

[@teller121]

@@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.

[@Boz_-st4jt]

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

[@r2gelfand]

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

[@robertmeadows2432]

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

[@trxxxtr]

oh wow!!!! thanks for this upload. my uncle was one of the marine officers that helped them with this... they would go to him to get authenticity....he and a few others made this seem very authentic. they Def don't mk anything close to this anymore. Hollywood has gone soft and that's sad indeed. anyways, thank again for bringing this to the world again. hopefully new people will look these up and watch them and learn.......

[@lance8080]

To many homosexuals now days.

[@AmericanIsraeliJew]

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.

[@peterasterino9893]

Another great movie all jarheads should see is "Battle Cry", came out in 1954-or 55, Van Heflan, Tab Hunter, James Whitmore Aldo Ray, Mona Freeman, Great story. Bring some tissues when you see it. Pete Asterino, North Syracuse NY

[@benoitpellet1657]

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

[@johnwaldron668]

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!!

[@frankdenardo8684]

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

[@OleJoe]

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.

[@tnguy9696]

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

[@bigsteve6200]

The World's Finest US Marines. Outstanding. Semper Fi

[@mcoleman6834]

Jack Webb was a character actor during the 1940's and 1950's. Then he became a star when "Dragnet" came along. Somewhere between that and his days as a producer, he found his way into "The D.I." The censors toned it WAY DOWN, but aside from that, Webb's performance nailed it. His best work....

[@johnbeck3270]

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.

[@edwardcoronel4596]

the majority of these guys in the movie are not actors... They're real Marines...

[@maryhlad5277]

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.

[@markwatson3135]

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

[@gmaqwert]

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

[@paulmkrukovsky8562]

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

[@dianarendon4047]

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

[@gruntforever7437]

My DI in 77 was called Son of Kong, I almost pissed myself getting off the bus and seeing him for the first time a truly great man

[@alstahl8574]

My dad was a Senior DI after he returned from the Chosin Reservoir Campaign! Semper Fi

[@johnharris6655]

Randolph Mantooth said Jack Webb was in real life the way he was on the screen. Mantooth said his interview by Jack Webb to be John Gage on Emergency was pretty much "So, do you want the job, then sit there and shut up."

[@BlueSky-eb7ru]

Im a Veteran in my 70's ... I wish my ' Boot Camp ' experiance in 1969 was like what they show in movies ..

[@Watertender-lu7vj]

Don Dubbins actually was a Marine. Most of the other boots were active duty Marines. That adds to the realism in the movie. The language was cleaned up but the other details were pretty good. The most realistic portrayal of boot camp was Full Metal Jacket with Lee Ermey as Gunny.

[@johnlothrop704]

I had a good friend of who served fron 1939-1961. He was with 2nd Bn 4 th Marines in China then captured sort of. Sat out all of WWII as a POW the served with 7th Marines in Korea , he said back in those days swearing was really looked down upon. Hard to believe But he was adamant about that

[@hoatattis7283]

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

[@TheDoctor1225]

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.

[@irgski]

Jack Webb and R.Lee Ermey portray the best DI’s in the movies...with Ermey being the real deal!

[@bigfrank1010]

Marines are tough much respect 🚔

[@hoatattis7283]

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

[@701CPD]

Memories of Senior Drill Instructor Staff Sgt. Savedra, San Diego MCRD, Platoon 3088, Fall 1980. Semper Fi!

[@Radionut]

I remember watching this movie when I was young. It was one of the things that got me to go into the army when I became old enough. I spent many years in service to the United States in the United States Army. I’ve served in Vietnam. I wish I could do it again but alas I am too old. Gung ho Marines

[@kpopahjussi6379]

Freakin' LEGENDARY.

[@chuckxjarhed982]

Good ole Pvt. Owens, at Parris Island from Feb thru May of 1985 in the 3rd BN squad bays, every night during square away time, at the front the the bay a T.V. was wheeled out for us recruits to watch, if we wanted to. On that T.V. one thing and one thing only was playing. The D.I. Absolutely no exceptions. For three and a half months, while polishing brass or boots or writing a letter home. The ambient noise was the D.I. This is the first time I have seen or heard Jack Webb scream at Pvt. Owens in 32 years.

[@eenlow4655]

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!

[@davidbrewster1994]

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

[@hoatattis7283]

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

[@antonewilson4310]

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.

[@antonewilson4310]

@@eenlow4655 The Evil I 😉

[@myheadhurts1927]

I saw this movie the first week-end that it was in the theaters ... I was 10 yrs old ... I loved it. In my very humble opinion it is just as good a Full Metal Jacket (except for the "No more boom boom for baby-san" scene, which is the best scene in the movie.).

[@rosicroix777]

Generations of marines LOVE this movie & will continue to love it as a new generation of kids gets to watch it & be inspired. I know I've watched it w/my nephew when he asked me "what was it like in boot camp?" ( when he gets older I'll watch full metal jacket w/him, dont want to scare him too badly ). It's a shame though that kids are being taught that anyone in the military is bad nowadays & they arent shown propper respect. So I've taught my nephew the right way, & responsily as I know he looks up to me, just wish I was the one interviewing the teachers, to ensure they don't get taught to be service hating girly men that society seems to pump out nowadays.

[@AmericanIsraeliJew]

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.

[@blakekeeton4021]

Tech Sgt. Moore was kick ass. Best Jack Webb performance ever! Sgt. Moore always marched with his swagger stick...

[@muffs55mercury61]

Of the few non-Marines, actor Don Dubbins did serve in the Marines after World War II ended and was actually 28 when this was filmed though he always did pass for younger characters during his career. Some say the film was made in response to the 1956 Ribbon Creek incident at Parris Island to give the Marines a more positive look to the general public whom relatively few knew how tough the Marines are. This is an excellent film. Jack Webb who was known for authenticity and realism made it that way.

[@gingermileski9006]

I think that made Dubbins a Marine.

[@larry-z9m]

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…….

[@ScoutSniper3124]

Let me see your war face... you don't scare me, work on it.

[@1notgilty]

Private Joker

[@semperfine4442]

I think you've been Cheated!!

[@CarlosMedina-hx7ie]

Don Dubbins was a good and fine actor. He was a member of Jack Webb's talent pool and with the others made great TV and movies. 😎😎😎

[@johnwilliamson2276]

I first saw this movie when I was about 16. In 1969 in the Jacksonville USO I watched this movie again. I have always loved it. Because of this movie I joined the Marine Corps in 1968 three months after I graduated from high school. I never regretted It! Semper Fi I

[@warrenshafer1281]

When I was in, we allegedly were going on 15 mile hike at Camp Pendleton. We went apparently more than 15 miles. I swore we were Invading Canada.😊

[@prepper1013]

Back when Hollywood was part of America, not it's enemy. Carry On!!!!

[@prepper1013]

@wyomarine That he did

[@blockmasterscott]

I wish I could argue with this, but the truth is what you said is 100% accurate and on point.

[@murphy13295]

Only part od Hollywood was ever part of USA . Same as today , only that part is shrinking .

[@farmerdave7965]

You will be trump's cell mate

[@prepper1013]

@@farmerdave7965 Communist traitor

[@ronniebishop2496]

My brother and my daughter were marines and yes they’re both tough as hell. It took my brother along time to get mad but if he did, hide. It took my daughter two seconds and she was a bar room brawler. She owns a shooting school for women in Georgia. It’s full.

[@olddocman]

I came back from a tour in Okinawa with the MC. Was assigned to 1st Bn 11th Marines. We were Artillery. One of my fellow BAS LPOs had came to the 11th Marines from the Infantry Marines. The story I was told about him was that he had completed a 20 miler with his Grunts and returned. After everyone was dismissed, his wife came to pick him up in thier car. When she got him home, she had to call the Regimental Aid station for help to get him out of the car bc his legs had froze up on him. Wonder what others did if that happened to them?

[@jeffduncan9140]

That could easily happen. He probably got in the car and was dehydrated and his muscles, rather than being able to stretch, got cramped up in the seated position. My calves would do that. I've had my ab muscles lock up after doing an intense ab workout and immediately bending over to stretch. The muscle fibers get stuck.

[@thomasbower7727]

Has the movie industry never heard the phrase "If you are taller than the man in front of you..."?

[@larrybaker5316]

1 of the best war pictures made, I watched it in high school, left for the USAF 1968. Jack Webb did an excellent performance! Thank you all US Marines!

[@johnlothrop704]

How about the ending. Tripoli, Belleau Wood, Guadalcanal, Tarawa, Saipan, IWO JIMA, Korea. Hollywood actually thanking the Marine Corps for its bravery and courage. I want to thank our beloved Corps. for Lebanon 2x.Santo Domingo, Vietnam. Grenada, Haiti, Somalia, Liberia,Panama. Desert Stoem , and our incredibly tough brave Marines IRAQ , AFGHANISTAN... OORAH! SEMPER FI.

[@hughcapetien]

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

[@ronin6737]

SemperFi Mac

[@imapaine-diaz4451]

Drill Sergeant Moore is about the cleanest talking DI that I ever knew, and I've known a few.

[@platoon1026]

3:29 Squads Right Column right - 8 man squad drill that I STILL remember from 1959. A crime that it was dropped in 1961.

[@dannyfubar3099]

I'll never forget the Parade Deck at M.C.R.D. July, 1978 Semper Fi Brothers!

[@THECROWN1966]

Met an old salty Marine and my local grocery store that was at P I while the movie was filmed....

[@RickThompson-d8s]

I remember seeing this as a kid right after it came out. It was playing at the local drive-in theater. The scene where they were looking for the dead flea has always stuck with me.

[@tommytruth7595]

Back when the training was tough. They softened it today so the women can pass it.

[@nola305]

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!

[@LymanSheba]

@@tommytruth7595 you are full of 💩

[@tykit9230]

They played this on Sundays during bootcamp while we were shining brass and writing letters. Platoon 1050 B Company PI graduated 20 June 1986

[@SPEEDPAINTER1]

Damn---- Jack Webb was a hardcore DI in a previous life!! NAILED IT!!! GIVE THE MAN AN OSCAR!!!

[@mcqueenfanman]

Captain: Where'd you get the stick?Owens: look of ??????Where'd you get the stick?!Owens: Sir. What stick?Captain: The stick you used to stir up all this trouble!

[@mpojr]

Reminds me of my drill instructor tsgt Darrell Monet ,,,he had been in the Marine Corp 15 years transfered over to the Air Force for his last hitch ,he said he did it just kick our Air Forcce ass im 74 now and yeah he did kick our ass and l still remember him.Where ever you are sgt God Bless you for help shaping my life.

[@johnwayne2103]

I remember watching this every Sunday in Marine Corps Boot camp. That was the only thing we were allowed to watch on T.V. LOL Church and the D.I. LMFAO!

[@hoatattis7283]

john Wayne At Kapooka Australia no TV

[@semperfical]

MCRD San Diego 1968 plt 3314 No TV no movies.

[@robertgagne2388]

That tune always kills me. Semper Fi.

[@denisberte778]

After watching this movie , I was inspired to enlist in the Marine Corps 1970, eventually ending up in the Nam as a door gunner on a chopper. Wild huh? Regards, Denis Berte' USMC 1970-72.

[@pizzafrenzyman]

Hollyweird can't make good movies like this anymore.

[@spikespa5208]

Could, but won't.

[@JohnW1711stock]

Don Dubbins worked with Jack Webb in Dragnet and appeared in episodes of Perry Mason. Raymond Burr was a good friend of Webb's.

[@marktercsak9728]

Jack Webb if I recall played in a couple of movies being a Marine. My father was a Marine and a Korean War Veteran and became a police officer , when he was in Homicide and there were four of us kids he went back to school and earned his Masters . He rose through the ranks fairly fast from private to corporal before he left the States and Sergeant over there and made it to Staff Sergeant . He liked Jack Webb And he loved this movie and pointed out there were real Marines in it. He would say listen to the JDI, he had a few sentences, in the movie.

[@pfcthomasw.9394]

Mark Tercsak "Was" Once a Marine always a Marine. (you mean your dad Served as a Marine)

[@marktercsak9728]

@@pfcthomasw.9394 my apologies it has taken 2 years, alot of stupid medical shit, and have been recovering from amputation, MRSA infection , took 9 days to learn to walk with peg leg, yes you are correct.

[@schrodingersgat4344]

This movie is a classic! Those are "just the facts."

[@genericautovlogs9484]

I see all these stories about Basic Training & it makes me very happy to see the Military hasn’t changed too awful much over the years. I actually hit my year and gain PFC next month, I remember the scariest thing that happened to me at basic was my Co. 1SG screaming at me from across the Dfac. I greeted the 1lt, xo & all the NCO’s, but failed to notice 1SG cause of his seating placement (that, and throughout basic I never made eye contact). It was at that point he let me have it about how my career was pretty much over. Definitely scared me & I didn’t know if he was serious or not. What fun Fort Leonardwood was, cold too. Bitter cold. Thanks to all of you for your service and God Bless the Army & the USMC.

[@CharlesKline-gf3xi]

I was stationed at Camp Pendelton in 1957 when this movie was filmed. One day a guy in our outfit came into the barracks and said "Hey they're filming a movie here". I went outside and I could see from a distance of 2-3 blocks away a scene of marines marching, but I doubt if Jack Webb was there. I didn't even know the name of the movie at that time, but later on I saw it in the theater when it was released. The "Boot Camp" scenes were quite realistic except there was no "gross profanity or hitting the recruits" like REALBOOT CAMP at that time.

[@johnciummo3299]

Thank you for your kind words. Such an articulate and thoughtful letter. Semper Fi.

[@mtsflorida]

Saw this movie a long time ago. When in during vietnam era and was the company guide on and the Recondo school guide on. They didn't have a Police Academy guide on and was at the State Police academy during the last 8 of 30 weeks. If I could go back right now I'd request to be a Ranger School guide on 47 years later but these darn age limitations.

[@oogiev2]

To all Marines, Thanks for your service.

[@maureencora1]

Great Movie. Jack Webb Play a U.S. Marine Twice This and "The Hall of Montezoma" Fine Actor.

[@cbroz7492]

"Halls" is another great Marine flick...

[@maureencora1]

@@cbroz7492 Touche' (smile)

[@dianarendon4047]

Pvt. Owens an example of young Marine recruits/soldiers from the silent generation.

[@jonwilson7542]

You bet they could kick some ass!, ..They Did!

[@tvjeff53]

This Movie is available on Amazon.com on DVD you can still buy this movie. This is one of my favorite movies

[@walterwayne5405]

Great Movie. watched it back in the 60's with my dad( 5th Mar.Div./26th Mar.Rgt) first ashore at Iwo Jima. He became an assistant D.I. during the Korean War. Said this movie was the closest to the real thing he had seen at that time. Semper Fi to all Marines past and present.

[@josesilva2050]

👮🏻‍♂️🇺🇲😊God Bless Our Marines ,Thanks For Being There For My Boy On His Last Day Of Live Marines God Bless You All Marines.

[@luckypuppa4950]

I do so love it back when dying for your country was your best aspiration

[@HOTTIUSMAXIMUS]

My thanks to the fighting men and women of the USMC!

[@malcolmcook7007]

Webb a great legendary Actor respected and admired by Military and Police Department!

[@jeanbaptistevallee4500]

I was seventeen years old when this first aired. Jack Webb scared the shit out of me.

[@pressureworks]

Jack Webb Rules ! Just remember he was once married to JULIE LONDON !