I was a long haired hippy maggot when I joined the Marines in 1968. Went to MCRD San Diego as pictured here. Served 13 months in Vietnam. At the time I didn't like the Marines but now I'm so proud of my service I could pop. It was a good thing, I fought to protect a people that threw themselves into dingys to cross the Pacific to get to America after we left. God bless America and God bless the freedom loving people of Vietnam, we both sacrificed a lot for liberty.

@whosyourdaddy4579

9 жыл бұрын

Strange...to refer to your former self as a "maggot"...so you were into some bad things? Or was it just that you saw yourself as a "hippy"?

@theprofessorfate6184

8 жыл бұрын

+Battle Cat Trust me, you're still a maggot.

@theprofessorfate6184

8 жыл бұрын

***** Why should i respect that?

@tirpitz19

8 жыл бұрын

+Battle Cat You fought to protect a people... ,OK,and in the process,how many people did you kill? I heard about a million.

@neckarsulme

8 жыл бұрын

+Battle Cat I'm a veteran(Army) and I salute your service....However our involvement in Viet Nam was pointless and served no purpose but kill, maim and psychologically damage hundreds of thousands of people.

That was the late Darren McGavin (1922-2006) He also played in "Kolchak, The Night Stalker".

@onionhead5780

3 жыл бұрын

Night Stalker was my favorite as a youngster.

@kimberlyquintanilla5493

3 жыл бұрын

Omg! I used to stay up late to watch that show.!

@bigiron383

3 жыл бұрын

A Christmas Story,

@johnmarshall4442

3 жыл бұрын

@@bigiron383 great movie also , fragile ,,,, hahahah

@PeterPan54167

3 жыл бұрын

The Old Man .

Remembering Jan-Michael Vincent (1944 - 2019). No more problems.

@JohnSmith-wd9rc

4 жыл бұрын

Reading this 12/28/19. Damn, I never heard that Jan Michael had passed away. Liked his movies.

@OrbitFallenAngel

3 жыл бұрын

Wasn't he the main character in the TV show Airwolf?? 🤔

@ElAviadorNegro

3 жыл бұрын

@@OrbitFallenAngel Good memory!

@99somerville

3 жыл бұрын

Very sad. He was such a good looking guy. Movie star looks but too many alcohol, drug, and health issues.

@ElAviadorNegro

3 жыл бұрын

@@99somerville I feel you. Loved him in "Tribes".

Darrin Mcgavin was a great actor. He was excellent as the father in the "A Christmas Story"

@jennifersman7990

4 жыл бұрын

creaturebotman Also great in Man With the Golden Arm and on TV as Carl Kolchak

@darrensmith2753

4 жыл бұрын

Not🖕

@LouieNeira

4 жыл бұрын

creaturebotman I loved him as Kolchak.

@ralphcramden468

3 жыл бұрын

And this is why Ralphies dad was such an asshole.

@skye1212

3 жыл бұрын

The Night Stalker. Set up sci fy for years to come.

RIP Mr Vincett !! Troubled Soul so sad im 55 years old grew up on your movie's you are sadly missed Big Wednesday Bite the bullet the Mechanic !!! Airwolf loved your movies

@bluseastar2

Жыл бұрын

Jan Michael Vincent was great 💖

In 1970, I was a hippie girl with a military father; a drill sergeant, no less. I loved this movie, and since I learned today that Jan-Michael Vincent recently died, this clip made me a little bit verklempt. RIP

I saw an interview with Ernest Borgnine once in which he talked about working with Jan-Michael Vincent on the TV series 'Airwolf.' He said that JMV would open the script up, look at it quickly, close it and have it all memorized. He said when he asked JMV how he did that - he just shrugged. Apparently JMV had a photographic memory.

@bluseastar2

Жыл бұрын

Love Jan Michael Vincent

That was me August of 1980. No AC on the bus, got to PI at 3:30 in the morning, let the games begin.

I'm 64 just barely too young for Vietnam. I remember when this movie came out it really left a lasting impression on me.

@tonymoreno1416

4 жыл бұрын

it inspired me to enlist in The Marines back in 79

@JohnSmith-wd9rc

4 жыл бұрын

Yeah, I was getting close to be old enough for the draft. Thank God Nixon ended the draft.

My Dad was One of the Few, The Proud, The Marines during the Korean war. He was my Hero. ❤🇺🇸

@michaelgoodman1314

3 жыл бұрын

Semper Fi. Marine myself 69- 72.

@richardconner1283

2 жыл бұрын

MY DAD WAS A MEDIC DURING THE KOREAN WAR HE BORE HIS SCARS INTERNALLY.HAD NIGHT TERRORS.HE NEVER TALKED ABOUT HIS EXPERIENCES. HE STAYED IN THE ARMY FOR 20 YEARS,16 AS A NURSE,KEEPING HIS BROS PATCHED UP. HE DIED IN 1968 1 YEAR AFTER HE RETIRED FROM THE ARMY,AN AUTO ACCIDENT CLAIMED HIS LIFE. I WAS 9 YEARS OLD .I NEVER SHED A TEAR.HE WAS A COLD DISTANT SOB.

@mikeb3268

Жыл бұрын

I was a Glorious Gloster (Brit army). Check out their history in Korea. We were even decorated with a US Presidential Citation.

@miguelsalami

Жыл бұрын

@@mikeb3268 Thank You for your Service 🇬🇧

@miguelsalami

Жыл бұрын

@@richardconner1283 Thank You for sharing your father's service history 💜

That was a GREAT Movie...this is why I joined the USAF! lol

@jayzrat

11 күн бұрын

Hahaha, got it!

I always thought Jan Michael Vincent was one of the most handsome men.

@bluseastar2

Жыл бұрын

Absolutely the dreamiest young man ever 😍❤

I remember seeing this movie on TV when I was a kid. I still remember how it ends.

My friend joined the marines at 18,,,33 years later retired a General. Wow

@BreakTime10101

4 жыл бұрын

And now getting a great pension and health care.

@Capcoor

3 жыл бұрын

@@BreakTime10101 I bet.

@sammysouth8372

3 жыл бұрын

you lie

@jonyoung6405

3 жыл бұрын

Unlikely.

@Capcoor

3 жыл бұрын

@@jonyoung6405 I know a guy who started in the Marines as a private and retired as a colonel.

I was at Parris Island in October 1971 when my mother watched this movie , boot camp was nothing like this to me and that character would have had a fast bus ticket home in my platoon.

I was never in the military but being a D I must be damn close to the hardest job on earth.........what a responsibility

Jan Michael Vincent was great in that movie 👍. Sorry that he is gone. R.I.P Jan Michael Vincent.

@bluseastar2

Жыл бұрын

Absoutly loved Jan Michael Vincent ❤

@snake9911

Жыл бұрын

@@bluseastar2 He was a great actor. It's still sad that he is gone. He was a lot of movies and TV. It's sad that he fell on some very hard times. Thank you, Patricia Kelly.

Interesting movie... remembered watching this movie in High School... with the Vietnam War in the background of reality. My Dad served in WWII and Korea - didn't want either of his boys in the military during Vietnam.

I was there. NTC San Diego. 1970. I remember the bus ride, the Yellow feet painted on the ground, the yelling Sir, Yes Sir. It was the shortest trip to discipline there is. I ended up a SeaBee and went to Vietnam. I enlisted rather than being drafted. I had a draft number of 99, sure to go, so I joined the Navy. Best decision of my life.

@EscortSportage

3 жыл бұрын

Wow my pops enlisted and became a Seabee as well instead of getting drafted into the army. He also served in nam

@thedolt9215

3 жыл бұрын

Love the goddamn Seabees!

@chemo38

3 жыл бұрын

You were NOT at MCRD, San Diego but at the Navy basic training facility next door. You are NOT a Marine.

This was a serious drama anti-Vietnam war movie in 1970. My dad was USMC from 1951-1953. I was at Marine Military Academy from 1973-75. I wasn't in the real thing but it was a close imitator since we had retired USMC DI's from that era in our face almost all the time. Dad and I watched this movie once when he was in the hospital. We both couldn't stop laughing at the various situations which reminded both of us of situations we'd been in. Funniest was when Pvt. Adrian was caught not wearing skivvies doing push-ups and Gy. Sgt. Drake is in his face. "Why aren't are you wearing skivvies?" And Jan Michael Vincent says, "I like the freedom, Sir!" When Drake's eyes begin to roll and he's trying to formulate a response, he says, "Now hear this! There will be no FREEDOM in this camp!" I was sitting in the chair and Dad was in his bed. We both almost fell to the floor laughing so hard since we'd both seen stuff like that before even 20 years apart. This is a great movie and very funny but you had to have an experience similar to it to appreciate it.

One of the best made for television movie ever.

@TheSpazz888

5 жыл бұрын

The best

@99somerville

3 жыл бұрын

One of the earliest too.

@pattipelayo2893

3 жыл бұрын

This made for TV flick had just finished filming right after we "reported"... Drill Instructors were still "looking over their shoulders" just in case some civie was watching. PLT 3098, Sept-Nov 1971.. last series to drill/qual with the M14. CBS didn't broadcast it til early 1972.. by then it was actually fun pointing out all the background "landmarks" of MCRD. For TV, we all felt this was well done for that time, & I think it won an Emmy. SEMPER FI to all Viet Vets... may you be in peace, and I am forever thankful that you took the time and effort to mentor us sorry-assed, cherry, FNG,s

@kevinmoore4887

3 жыл бұрын

Excellent movie. I think that expression on the actors isn't acting. "I agreed to get my head shaved for this role? No roles as a hippie for a year." Good cast. I'll always remember the DI finding everyone meditating not sleeping.

I was in High school when this movie came out....this movie is Iconic in so many ways.....counter culture meets the establishment...and a well acted movie ....I'll never forget it

Watched this in 1971 With my friends All gone now.

I still remember seeing this when I come home from boot camp. I had a 15 day leave before going to fort Rucker for flight school then over seas. That was 1971. Seems like yesterday.

DARREN McGavin drill sergeant.. Excellent actor who gave the screen his best. To you two excellent actors R.I.P.

@M21L35

Жыл бұрын

The correct nomenclature for Marine's is Drill Instructor....the Army has drill sergeants.

Man, JMV was such a cutie pie!!

AWESOME,AWESOME MOVIE.

How sweet! They're being ever so gentle

Remember this when it first came out. I was back from the Army by then. Very good movie. ABC I believe.

OH MY GOD! It's the dad from A Christmas Story! I can't believe this is the same guy that was obsessed with a leg lamp. His Drill Instructor presentation is amazing.

I just got goosebumps at that first shot of him!! Dayum he was the most perfect man on Earth! So gorgeous! I've been crushin' on JMV since 1974!!!!! Oh man I love him

@elmobolan4274

2 жыл бұрын

Right-too bad he let addiction ruin his life/looks...

@vegasjill21

2 жыл бұрын

@@elmobolan4274 Yep..so sad. 😥

This movie has one of the most famous haircutting scenes ever. My uncle was a barber for the Marines from the late 1960s through the mid 70s. He told me many stories of the huge mops of hair he had to shave off the heads of the young, shocked recruits. Some squirmed, some cried, but my uncle was a no-nonsense barber and they all had their heads shaved whether they liked it or not.

God bless all those great American heroes like BattleCat. I was a little kid in 68-69. You are still my heroes.

A great movie, I remember this when it came out, yes I am a veteran.... I loved night stalker too .

Those barbers were being so gentle. When I went to Army basic training in '99 they sat me down and this short Filipino lady clamps down on my head with one hand like an eagle talon and manhandles my head, within less than a minute I was damn near bald. I never recovered, after 8 years in uniform I was as bald as the day I was born never to have a full head of hair again.

Darren McGavin was brilliant

I remember this show. Lived it when I was a kid. Can't really watch it now that I'm older.

My roommate volunteered for the Marines during Vietnam. At the local induction station with the volunteer Marines & draftee guys were together briefly. An announcement was made that they were short of Marines. So they counted off down the lines to fill the quota "1,2,3 you're a Marine" He said there was lots of meltdowns. That's the story at least, anybody else heard that?

@steveparker5406

3 жыл бұрын

Yes, technically the Marines drafted people like that (every 4th guy), albeit briefly as I understood during 1968-69 when troop levels in Vietnam were in high need and disbursed. Also heard of a few guys who were drafted into the Navy, too. I think they put you where they needed you given the timing of your indoctrination. - though most were drafted directly into the Army for 2 years.

@oceania2385

3 жыл бұрын

@@steveparker5406 Thanks, I always wondered about that story.

@M21L35

Жыл бұрын

I enlisted but there were 6,000 draftees on base @ MCRD-SD when I became a Marine on 17 April, 1968. Weren't enough utilities (uniforms) to go around. For a while, draftee's either wore their civilian trousers & MC shirts or visa-versa before supply was able to compensate.

I remember Jan M Vincent from Airwolf back in the 80s-90s. Very saddening that he's had some rough times since but he has supportive family and friends. Jan, God Bless and best wishes to you guy.

I was set for a hitch... pussed-out after seeing this movie. Later, I ended up "next door" at the Navy boot camp; It was like scout camp; loved it. Did 2 active, and 4 reserves. Stayed in SD for college. It's a great idea for a kid from a poor family.

I remember watching "Tribes" when it was first broadcast in 1971. I was 13 at the time. It's one of the first made for TV movies to be critically acclaimed. It's a great film. One thing about this movie that has stayed with me is this "ability to escape a horrific situation by keeping pleasant thoughts in your head." You'd really have to see this film to understand what I mean.

@MrStClair247

3 жыл бұрын

Meditation

@jimkeskey

Жыл бұрын

Horrific situation, like my job?

@ldchappell1

Жыл бұрын

@@jimkeskey Did you notice that you responded to a comment I wrote 10 years ago? You must be an optimist. 😎

@ldchappell1

Жыл бұрын

@@jimkeskey I hope your horrific job isn't performing surgery. LOL

Say, wasn't the DI here, the 'Old Man' in a Christmas story?

@bigroy38

5 жыл бұрын

Larrymh07 Ralphie’s dad.

@qmcbbj

4 жыл бұрын

He was also the Night Stalker

@projectmayhem6898

3 жыл бұрын

Oh fudge, you are correct!

@edlawn5481

3 жыл бұрын

"Notafinga!"

Saw this film when it was on T.V., i was about 12, watched with my father who was a WW2 B 25 pilot, really freaked me out...

I know he doesn't measure up to Lee Ermy's DI or even Lou Gossett, but I think Darren Mcgavin does a good job in this made for TV movie. Remember, this is Hollywood. The movie has to tell a story, not get tied down to factual accuracy for a documentary. The Navy pilots who consulted on "Top Gun" had lots of laughs and criticisms of that movie when they finally saw it. Yet, none could argue that they didn't love the he!! out of it. ;) I think Darren did okay, here. If you want to see a really brutal DI, watch the Gary Cooper flick "Beau Geste" 1939. Sergeant Markoff (played by Brian Donlevy) is one brutally bad mother. Homicidal, in fact. Great flick. Check it out if you haven't seen it. It's a classic.

@jeffheflin4819

6 жыл бұрын

he was too old to play that part and it shows

@willjones4630

10 ай бұрын

As an actual Marine watching this there are cringe worthy moments watching these civilians acting the part however they are successful getting the point across that these kids had to endure hell for a cause

Ah, yes, the haircuts. My grandaddy (LTJG, USN ret.) used to take my brother and me down to MCRD San Diego in the 1960s to get our hair cut. I don't remember the barbers going this slow, or being this careful!

@davidhansel4198

3 жыл бұрын

My uncle was a barber for the Marines during the 60s and 70s. He used to tell me stories of the huge mops of hair he had to shave off. Some of the recruits squirmed, some even cried as they were shaved, but Uncle Mike was a no-nonsense barber and their heads were shaved clean whether they liked it or not!

Does anyone remember the movie "Sand Castles in the early 70's Vincent did? My friends n I loved him in that... man o man he was gorgeous...

@suzietrecallion1042

5 жыл бұрын

Still gorgeous n yes,I loved that film too.

@literaturecorner2461

5 жыл бұрын

kzread.info/dash/bejne/oatklNadecKtZNo.html sandcastles with Jan Michael Vincent

This is an awesome movie. I remember watching it when I was only about 10 back in '70 or so. I came from a Navy family. I was always watching John Wayne war movies and that kind of shit. Used to really aggravate my dad, which I thought was odd insofar as he was a career Naval aviator. Anyway, this was the first counter-cultural, anti-establishment movie I ever saw and it really, REALLY opened my eyes. What I especially appreciate was how the DI gradually comes to see JMV's view.

Every High School graduate in the United States needs to go through those glorious 13 weeks at MCRD Parris Island, SC. It's a better education than any college or University could EVER hope to give. "Tribes", "Full Metal Jacket", "Heartbreak Ridge".....any of the above don't do it justice. It's something you have to experience to fully appreciate. "Good Night Ladies"

RIP Darren McGavin

I`m just your age and I always remembered this one and the Robert Culp movie "Outrage!"...

That actor, was in "a Christmas story" 😂😂😂😂😂😂 Awesome Movie... What he forgot to say is don't lock your legs reason why you wind up falling down

Where's Gunnery Sergeant Hartman when you need him?

@sce2aux464

8 жыл бұрын

Either laughing his ass off or puking in disgust.

@bigroy38

5 жыл бұрын

Laughing at Ralphie’s old man.

MCRD San Diego..yes...Hollywood....Sept, 71....they had just wrapped up filming this made for TV show, soon after we got there..a lot of civies where still roaming around, and for awhile all Drill Instructors were looking over their shoulders,making sure no one was "watching". From what I remembered earned and Emmy...Jan M. Vincent was the Hollywood heart throb at the time...went down hill after that police helicopter show. For TV, it was the best it could do at that time. Didn't air til the following year, we were all geeked up when we spotted stuff we recognized. To all Jarheads...where ever you are, SEMPER FI !!...STAY STRONG....STAY GUNG HO

Darren McGavin was a great Actor!

This is one of my favorite movies. Almost impossible to find.

Not the first time Jan Michael Vincent played a Marine. He was in the Baby Blue Marine. Got washed out of the Corps so they sent him home in a baby blue uniform.

@chesucat

3 жыл бұрын

Why would a hippie join the Marines? Why would a hippie get drafted? Too lazy to go to Canada or Mexico?

My dad was a DI at MCRD San Diego from 65-69 during the height of the Vietnam war. I followed him by joining in 1976, a long haired high school drop out going no where in life. The Corps changed me and 21 years later I retired as a CWO. Semper Fiedlis.

@M21L35

Жыл бұрын

Best of outcomes! Congratulations!

This was an ABC movie of the week in 1970, I was 6, living next to Camp Elmore (Marines) in Norfolk Va. Must of had a big impact on me, because I joined the Corps two weeks after graduation. Did one hitch ‘81-‘85. For years I couldn’t remember the name of the movie until about ten years ago. It was some cable channel. Always remember Jan Michael Vincent in “The Worlds Greatest Athlete” RIP.

Been years, caught this late night, product I think of the times - thnx 4 post :)

Never forget that bus ride from HoLabird to P.I. 1970

@mooseandsquirrel9887

3 жыл бұрын

Bib, is that you......remember watching this......but didn’t you go in 71......

I used to see him in the lineup at Paradise Cove now and then...he was allright...

Totally forgot about this movie, it was pretty good actually.

I did Navy Jan 1969,still really "got" this in the day!

Darren brilliant and real

All in all it was a pretty good movie , it had a good but different kind of message in it .

Also saw this in high school.....thought it was great!

So this is where Stringfellow Hawke began his training to become a helicopter pilot worthy of flying Airwolf…

Ahhhh….. memories that have lasted a lifetime 🙂

Jan was Beautiful

"In a world where there's 8 Jan Michael Vincents, and 16 quadrants..."

Darren McGavin as a DI great movie

Darren McGavin? Awesome!

I used to be that hippie..........Its beautiful to watch the change........

"I hear your eyeballs moving boy!"

We were greated with 3 DI's. 2am we arived from Philadelphia PA.

Darren made this role so realistic

As an Army vet, I can honestly say this movie

reality check.....this movie is 50 years old.....

Will grow you up ! I don’t see the Pajama Boys stepping up ? Even the thought makes me laugh ! 😆

Hated this scene broke my heart all that beautiful blond hair shaved off 😢 Jan Michael Vincent was always so drop dead gorgeous with or with out hair 😍 love you Jan

this was a grrrreat movie.

i got jan michael vincent fever

"boots"- that's a good one. I think "pukes" is the more common term. Ultra slow and careful haircuts too.

Stringfellow Hawk as a young Boy? Holy Jeez is that good.

I remember when this movie came out on ABC Movie Of The Week. I enlisted in the Army in 1971. Saw gang bangers, but no hippies

What a great trippy movie.

There are way too many people, who can vociferously complain that this movie *is NOT, "The D.I.", with Jack Webb!*

this was over 40 yrs. ago--see how these guys are dressed--still holds up well for drama

Unless you were alive back then and old enough to understand what was going on in Vietnam and in the United States at large, you would have a hard time understanding the underlying themes of this movie.

Reminds me of my first platoon Sergeant.

To the Marines here, did any of you EVER see a DI with that much hair? SF 70-72

Calling all Jan Michael Vincents !

The DI is the dad from Christmas Story!

R.I.P.

The old man from A Christmas Story. Awesome.

@Twilight902101701

8 жыл бұрын

+Mark R ~ Yep ~ Darren McGavin en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darren_McGavin

@neckarsulme

8 жыл бұрын

+Mark R And "The Night Stalker"

@ffjsb

8 жыл бұрын

So that's why he was so hard on Ralphie!!!

@gregl268

7 жыл бұрын

Attafinga! Snickkefiffer! Mondane noodle!

@robbiereilly

7 жыл бұрын

Night Stalker! (the original X Files!)

I'm certain I was in Army Basic Training at Fort Dix when this was filmed. Army, Marines, that era looked the same.

That is me enlisted 67 fought in Nam 68 - 69.

@OrbitFallenAngel

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you for your service to our country!! 🤗🇺🇸💗

@janetowens7288

3 жыл бұрын

My dad was a ww2 army vet who served in the pacific theater. I asked him what he thought of this practice of telling a vet thank you for your service. He said it wasn't necessary. For general interest of awful places to fight in, my dad served in North Africa, Burma, New Guinea, India and last but not least Okinawa. He passed just 2 years ago so he had a good, long run.

I recognize some of those buildings in the background to be the campus of the Veterans Affairs in West Los Angeles. A lot of them have been torn down, but some remain until this day.

@adamhonestyanddecency5054

4 жыл бұрын

Derrick Huckaby I wondered about that. Someone said that it was MCRDSD, but I was there in ‘95, and this doesn’t look familiar.

@M21L35

Жыл бұрын

@@adamhonestyanddecency5054 This was the rear gate in 'the late 60s.

Ah man, why did you have to tease us. I haven't seen this movie since it aired. I always wanted to see it again.

Great film, Spent 20 Years as a Navy Corpsman, Went Fleet Marine Force too. I am not sorry for it, no not for one fraction of a mili second. Some see us as robots but I would rather say we cooperate for the common good of our unit. We may not like the orders we recieve and we do think about them but questioning authority is not what is done, questions relevant to the job are tolerated and encouraged. Even if they are not the answers we dont want to hear.