America's trying to do the best for its veterans.Collection: Veterans
I don't have any respect at all for the scum-bags who went to Canada to avoid the draft or to avoid doing their fair share.Collection: Respect
It's my firm conviction that when Uncle Sam calls, by God we go, and we do the best that we can.Collection: Patriotism
Even though I disagree with many of the changes, when I see the privates graduate at the end of the day, when they walk off that drill field at the end of the ceremony, they are still fine privates; outstanding, well motivated privates.Collection: Graduation
I disagree with a lot of those changes, however at the end of the day - I go down to recruit graduation at least once or twice a year.Collection: Graduation
I firmly believe that you live and learn, and if you don't learn from past mistakes, then you need to be drug out and shot.
I got space from Travis Air Force Base, went back to the Philippine Islands and made it a point to meet the only American casting director in the Philippines. I was off and running.
Back in those days intimidation was the greatest tool the drill instructor had. Without that tool, he would not have had control.
Drill instructors worked seven days a week, fifteen to seventeen hours a day in many cases, with no time off in between platoons.
For me, it's an honor for the military to ask me to go to Iraq, Afghanistan, or GITMO. I'm happy to go.
Every character I've ever played, I always try to take him right to the edge and not allow him to fall over, but directors have a tendency to pull me back a little bit.
Back in the old Corp, we weren't training those privates to infiltrate into the peacetime Marine Corp. We were training those privates to go to Vietnam.
We had times in '66 and '67 when we would pick up a platoon of privates out of the receiving barracks the week before we even graduated the platoon that we were on!
There was a huge, tremendous amount of disabled veterans and the Veteran's Administration just wasn't geared up for it. I know for a fact that it's getting better and better.
When you try to find funding for a VVA function, it doesn't seem like it's any trouble at all. People come out of the woodwork with their money to help out because we went over and fought a war.
You'd be surprised how many kids and young people come to the website and send me email that they are actually going into the Marine Corp because of something that I said or did.
Playing the good guy is tough because you know as well as I do, in real life, you have to watch your P's and Q's and conduct yourself in a respectable manner if you expect to have friends.
Because I am hard, you will not like me. But the more you hate me, the more you will learn. I am hard but I am fair.Collection: Hate
What is your major malfunction?Collection: Malfunction
A day without blood is like a day without sunshine!Collection: Sunshine
Without discipline, there is no Marine Corp.Collection: Marine
This is for fighting, this is for fun.Collection: Fun
You'd be surprised how many kids and young people come to the website and send me email that they are actually going into the Marine Corps because of something that I said or did.Collection: Kids
Try as you may, you can never defy love.Collection: True Love