The Picard ManeuverPerspectives keep rapidly changing
Coasting0942Remember when everybody got gaslit into thinking Gunny was great at his job
I know nothing about his actual military career, but he was great at his job of acting in the role of Drill Sergeant.
If I recall correctly, he got the job by scaring the shit out of Kubrick.
He rattled off a nonstop stream of profanity and insults for like 10 min straight as a way of training / demo-ing to the actor. Kubrick thought he did a far better job and left him in the role. Much of his dialog was ad-libed.
The original DI ended up as the crazy guy shooting civilians from the helicopter. “You guys oughta do a story about me!”