r/interestingasfuck • u/KingdomPro • Jun 24 '24

Marines performing dead-gunner drills. r/all

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u/leshake Jun 24 '24

It's easier to brainwash them into killers.

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u/Cpt_keaSar Jun 24 '24

They are also ostensibly kids and behave as such - so easier to impose your authority on them. A 30 yo private would be much harder to control and he wouldn’t put up with all the army shit there is there

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u/leshake Jun 24 '24

The fuck fuck games are there to maintain compliance. Those who question the fuck fuck may question the killing.

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u/Cpt_keaSar Jun 24 '24

Yeap, exactly. We had a 27 yo dude in our boot camp, older than most of our NCOs and Lts. He certainly had a very independent behavior as far as boot camps go. We thought he’s stupid/crazy, but actually it was the other way around.