Realize that this is only boot camp training (12 weeks), one doesn't go through this their entire enlistment, just long enough to weed out the ones who can't make it. The "hysterical dwarf" act is employed as part of the boot camp training regimen; "if there is no crisis, we create one". Why, one might ask? War is chaos with deadly consequences for those that are ill prepared for the stress. These type scenarios help condition the troop to think clearly and act correctly despite the noise,chaos, and fear they are feeling. You might come to hate the DI's guts, most did including yours truly. However, I respected them because they did every thing they demanded of us and more.
Many a recruit fresh off the bus stood in these prints and thought, "What the hell did I just get myself into."


Extraordinary.

I recall my arrival at Sandhurst. We were served tea.
What, no buttered muffin and jam? How uncivilized...
Took me a week to hold down my breakfast after the PT & run. I bet Lemur's Dad has some amusing stories to tell...
Some can take more prodding than others. And not every nation trains like that. Canada follows a similar track as Britian. Only time you hear a raised voice is on the parade square.
Not all branches of the US Forces trains like this, but the elite commando units sure do, and harder. I bet the special forces of England, Canada, France, and Germany do too.