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[–] frostysauce@lemmy.world 6 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Except it's not accurate. He played it as the worst example of an ineffective, sadistic drill sergeant. He has said that over half of that stuff wouldn't fly even back when he was in boot. To make it realistic that Pyle would snap he had to be a truly horrible drill sergeant, so that's how he played the role.

[–] JamesTBagg@lemmy.world 8 points 9 months ago

Having been through boot camp I can tell you there is a big over lap between what officially wouldn't fly and what unofficially does happen. He became a spokesperson for The Corps, even getting promoted after leaving service, of course he wouldn't sully the reputation of the Marine Corps on record.