There have been a lot of changes in recruit training in the past twenty years.

There have been a lot of changes in recruit training in the past twenty years.

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!

Back in the old Corp, we weren't training those privates to infiltrate into the peacetime Marine Corp. We were training those privates to go to Vietnam.

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

In order to be a good actor, I'm a firm believer that you need to bring something to the table.

Because I am hard, you will not like me. But the more you hate me, the more you will learn. I am hard but I am fair.