- 20 Years Ago…
"Bunk checks, cadets! On the line!"
Joanne woke up out of her sleep to disturbingly bright lights and the yelling of a woman who haunted her every nightmare.
In most American media, drill sergeants have a cartoonishly evil connotation associated with their position that is, frankly, sometimes warranted.
Their job is effectively to make other cadets miserable and break them of their civilian ways to make effective soldiers.
By and enlarge, drill sergeants are doing a job like anyone else. They're putting on a character.
However, there are always going to be some who aren't acting. And their goal in life wasn't to make soldiers so much as it was to hold power over young adults.
Young Joanne jolted at the sound of a large metallic clang coming from behind her.
"Well, what do we have here? An unopened footlocker, that's no good. Gotta make sure nothing's missing..."
