The D.I - Jack Webb

As a United States Marine this is one of my favorite movies staring one of the GREATEST actors Jack Webb as a United States Marine Corps Drill Instructor. Mr. jack Webb had served in our Armed Forces during WWII with the Army Air Corps as a crew member on B-26 and as Drill Sergeant.
Anyone who as ever faced a Drill Instructor can relate. Even thou this is a clean version of what happens, the message and even the simple things as waking the recruits in the morning is spot on accurate.

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• The D.I Jack Webb
• Drill Instructors
• 1950's Marine Corps.

[ostoja59]

In the "grunts" if we had to go to the field on Monday morning, by Sunday afternoon all the meat sauce, Hot Sauce and Cheez Whiz was gone. AAAHHHH C-RATS now that was a meal before M.R.E.

[Brace67]

Long before R. Lee Ermy's great performance in "Full Metal Jacket", there was this memorable one of a D.I. by Jack Webb. Not allowed to use any profanity when this movie was made, Webb's portrayal of a tough, no nonsense Marine Corps drill instructor is terrific and still conveys a dramatic sense of what recruits felt when faced with this symbol of authority yelling in their face.

[scruffyrunkin]

..Rodriguez if you were completely surrounded this morning by an enemy force of 500 men what would you do?..".KILL 'EM , SIR!!!!!!!" SEMPER fuckin' Fi

[magic591]

Jack Webb, all class. Was a great actor, director, producer. Was rich, went broke, got rich again. He stiffens right up with clenched fists when he does the dramatic stuff. I hope to meet him in the great dragnet in the sky.

[CaptAmerica12]

This is my favorite movie. It brings back memories. Especially this barracks scene. Jack Web set the pattern for all future movies.

[boat6float]

The DI actually called the recruits "people"!

All that crap I heard about it being a "softer" Corps was bullshit! They were referred to as "people"

[CaptainAmerica322]

@GOFLuvr

You're thinking of R Lee Ermey.

[BelieveIt1051]

Jack Webb: "The only thing you do not shave is your eyebrows!"

Breaking news: "The U.S. military of 2011 are getting into the fad of eyebrow shaping. Thank you DADT repeal!"

Jack Webb: -_-

[Nickt121111]

My grandfather is actually one of the marines in this movie.

[chrismc410]

@dhumphrey1708 What I meant was even a herd has a leader and that leader is usually female. That was not meant as disrespect.

[Phi1350]

You know what's great about this? Webb doesn't have a retarded hair cut, he doesn't run around and scream like a lunatic asshole. He is a deeply effective, methodical, maker of Marines. As a former Marine, I appreciate the depiction.

[Satchel334]

Wow. This is brilliantly shot and filmed and acted and scored and edited! I wonder if it influenced Stanley Kubrick's film Full Metal Jacket? This film needs to be seen on cable a lot more! Great stuff! I became a Jack Webb fan when the 1987 film Dragnet was released!

[LastXdeth]

I wished DIs can still hit recruits.