[CaptainCrunch]

When I was instructing a basic training reserve group in my last few months, I made sure I was an equal opportunity yeller, I went after everyone, the really good, the really bad and the middle. During JLC we also learned about the power of the stare, where you didn't say anything, you just stood at a distance and glared.

I knew things were changing when we became the politically correct army. Where swearing at the ranks during instruction was frowned upon. No touching, no getting into their personal space. Try to talk in an even tone BS.

The art of being successful as an instructor or leader was the ability to instill fear into the recruits. But the one thing was that looking back at it, the really creative yellers, the really good drill instructers were the kings of sarcasm. Anyone can yell at someone, but its the ones that can make it really bite without being crude or offensive that really win.