[Speedster]

Originally Posted by Shiner

This guy wouldn't have let him pussy out.

I think I read somewhere that he really was a drill sargent once.

[Shasown]

Originally Posted by Speedster

I think I read somewhere that he really was a drill sargent once.

Yeah R Lee Ermey was an ex US marine NCO, he was at one time the most decorated drill instructor in the US Marine Corps. He actually was an advisor on Full Metal Jacket but convinced Kubrick that he was the ideal man for the role, so much so Kubrick let him write his own dialogue.