When I was at Parris Island, our Senior Drill Instructor was a little scrappy guy that looked like Buddy Holly with the black horn rim glasses. At first we thought he was a major league asshole, but once we saw the trophy case in the squad bay we saw that he earned the Silver Star and several other medals for valor in Vietnam. He got the Silver Star for rescuing a bunch of his buddies while under enemy fire and getting them all on the medivac chopper and wouldn't get on himself until everyone else was on.

He was a smoker, like so many from those days, but when we went on our 5 mile runs everyday he would actually run around and around the entire platoon the whole time and then chew us out for being a bunch of pussies after the run was over... grin

Later in 3rd phase we realized he was hard on us because he wanted us to live once we graduated and he wasn't there to chew us out.

To this day he is the most badass individual I have ever known. Here's to you Gunny Gremillion... beers

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