What are you lookin’ at, Maggot!?
Ah, the gentle refrain of a DI.
That’s “Drill Instructor” to you and me.
Now, I’ve never served in the military, but I’ve known more than one DI and they’re all more or less the same. Except, of course, for R. Lee Ermey. Now, he’s something special. And, he has a website!
But, far more interesting to me is the Gunnery SGT. R. Lee Ermey 12″ Motivational Figure, for sale on his website, among others. Now, you, too, can be inspired by lines like “What in the h*ll is your major malfunction?” or “Ooorah! Semper Fi do or die hold em high at eighth and I!” or even the line he made famous in Full Metal Jacket “Lemme hear your WAR CRY scumbag!” Ah, the memories….