Respectfully, sir, it seems that you have a different take than others whose spouses and sons actually served in the Marines, and they’ve reported than while there are exaggerations, to be sure, Swofford’s book did capture the situation pretty accurately. Just sayin’, is all.
Haven’t read the book, but saw the movie this weekend. Liked it. But was there a discrepancy at the end? I forget character names, so you’ll have to bear with me:
Jamie Foxx says that they don’t do that in the Marines, and so SquishyFace will be drummed out on their return for defiling the corpse. Yet at Troy’s funeral, SquishyFace is there, wearing his Marine uniform. It’s obviously some time after they returned, because Fergus’s hair is so long. Was SquishyFace just reprimanded? Or did I misinterpret Foxx’s statement - did he mean that he would just be reprimanded and not drummed out?
Like Snickers, I recall the phrase “drummed out” being used.
Here’s a review by captain Nathaniel Fick. I’ve not yet read his book, One Bullet Away, but I attended a lecture he gave for my school’s political science department and was impressed enough to trust his opinion about Jarhead.