Even though I disagree with many of the changes, when I see the privates graduate at the end of the day, when they walk off that drill field at the end of the ceremony, they are still fine privates; outstanding, well motivated privates.

The bad news motivated the drill instructors that much more.

I was stationed at a Marine Corps Recruit Depot San Diego from 1965 to 1967.

I go the VA Hospital when I have a problem and the doctor jumps on me.

We had times in '66 and '67 when we would pick up a platoon of privates out of the receiving barracks the week before we even graduated the platoon that we were on!

I'm never, like I say, I'm never happy, I'm never satisfied, it's never good enough.

You'd be surprised how many kids and young people come to the website and send me email that they are actually going into the Marine Corps because of something that I said or did.