Marine Gunnery Sergeant Randall Parkes: The Drill Instructor Who Broke Men Down to Build Them Back
2026/06/20
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"Marine Gunnery Sergeant Randall Parkes: The Drill Instructor Who Broke Men Down to Build Them Back"
In the United States Marine Corps, the Drill Instructor is not a teacher in any conventional sense. The job is transformation — taking civilians who have never been tested and forging them into something capable of functioning under conditions that would break most people.
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Retired First Sergeant Randall Parkes of the Marine Special Operations Command was that kind of person.
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