I washed out of boot camp, it was a lot like that only far harder in the novel, of course. 1 bullet every 500 rounds? Insane risks! Drop and freeze? Necessary but brutal. My Sergeant was a little like Zim, a combat veteran (The Battle of Kapyong among others, PPCLI Canadian Light Infantry - an Elite unit to say the least) and our Captain was a little like Frankel: confident and competent, a friendly fellow.
The best part was the "overheard" conversation between Zim and the Captain, of course. It covers a lot of ground (exposition actually) in a very believable way.
Soldier! Shut and soldier!
Lolz!
The timing of the letters arriving was a little... TOO convenient, I think. They showed up and said the right things at the right time, eh? The flashback was highly informative too.
Heinlein slips a quote from Lincoln into Chapter 7, I love the Thomas Paine quotation in this section: true words!
I washed out of boot camp, it was a lot like that only far harder in the novel, of course. 1 bullet every 500 rounds? Insane risks! Drop and freeze? Necessary but brutal. My Sergeant was a little like Zim, a combat veteran (The Battle of Kapyong among others, PPCLI Canadian Light Infantry - an Elite unit to say the least) and our Captain was a little like Frankel: confident and competent, a friendly fellow.
The best part was the "overheard" conversation between Zim and the Captain, of course. It covers a lot of ground (exposition actually) in a very believable way.
Lolz!
The timing of the letters arriving was a little... TOO convenient, I think. They showed up and said the right things at the right time, eh? The flashback was highly informative too.
Heinlein slips a quote from Lincoln into Chapter 7, I love the Thomas Paine quotation in this section: true words!
Mail deliveries were timed on occasion for morale effect, in my boot camp experience.