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.
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R. Lee Ermey
Profession:
Soldier
Born:
March 24, 1944
Nationality:
American
Quotes by R. Lee Ermey
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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.
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The bad news motivated the drill instructors that much more.
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Drill instructors worked seven days a week, fifteen to seventeen hours a day in many cases, with no time off in between platoons.
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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!
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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.
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It's been a pretty fun ride, to tell you the truth.
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There's a lot of whiners in every crowd.
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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.
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I've never had to spend any time in the VA hospital, so I really can't speak for those guys.
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Everybody respects the Vietnam Veterans of America.
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There have been a lot of changes in recruit training in the past twenty years.
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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.
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The biggest problem was the politicians knew nothing about fighting a war.
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I honestly do feel that I am a role model for young people.
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In order to be a good actor, I'm a firm believer that you need to bring something to the table.
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I spend a lot of time with my characters.
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For me, it's an honor for the military to ask me to go to Iraq, Afghanistan, or GITMO. I'm happy to go.
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I play well with everybody.
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Communications are better now than in my Vietnam days.
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I always love to come to Austin.
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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.
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I was stationed at a marine recruit depot in San Diego from 1965 to 1967.
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I go the VA Hospital when I have a problem and the doctor jumps on me.
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Without discipline, there is no Marine Corps.
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