He talks about the dressing down they are given when there has been too much fooling around in the barracks. First, he says, the CO gives the assembly a threatening lecture about what will happen should anyone get sent to his office. 2nd, the NCO adds a bit of a physical threat. Finally, the sergeant tells them how the lazy ones are always the ones who get killed in battle. They are the ones who let their country and their buddies down.

He writes, "You would be surprised how this latter talk with its calculated psychological effect works on the trainees. By telling these recruits that they might let down their country because they're screwing around now, they become more solemn and serious-minded than they were after the CO's talk. You can see how well these young men have been indoctrinated throughout their lives. The constant, subtle propaganda being fed the young is designed with just this sort of purpose in mind...Unquestioning allegiance is strived for when our minds are still impressionable and then continually asked of us later on in life."

And he ain't seen nuthin' yet!