What techniques does the military use to strip a person of their pride?

I have heard from several different sources that the military first strips a person of his pride and then rebuilds them up again.





Is this all branches of the military?





How, exactly, do they do it?|||I don't think "pride" is the right word here. The military needs people to work as a unit, not as a bunch of individuals. The purpose of basic military training is to make you quit thinking of yourself first and to adjust your attitude to a military way of thinking...that means honor, duty, commitment, service before self, and the ability to follow orders. All branches do it...but the techniques may vary.





They do it by making sure you are very rushed and learning new and sometimes difficult things every waking moment. The process of applying significant physical and mental stress allows your training/drill instructors to see if you have what it takes to be successful in the military, or to get you out of the military before they spend more money training you.





Watch some movies that deal with military basic training/ocs, like "An Officer and a Gentleman," "Full Metal Jacket," or even the funny ones like "Private Benjamin" to see some specific techniques they might use.





What they do not do to you is torture or abuse you. Yeah, they yell, and you have to march or run or drill or do calesthenics or obstacle courses or whatever...and they tell you you're a disgrace and you'll never make it...but they make sure you have time to eat and sleep and they don't inflict injuries on you (you're a valuable commodity).





Then, at some point in your training, after you've done all kinds of things you may not have thought you could do...when they've issued you your dress uniform and you're on the home stretch...they stop yelling as much...and start telling you how much progress you've made...and finally, on graduation day, these people who made your life a living hell for several weeks tell you...sincerely, that they are proud of you and your accomplishment.





It must work...it's been in use for hundreds of years.|||Why the **** are you asking such a stupid question? Are you that dumb not to know the answer to that? How do they break you down, what kind of retarded question is that? How did you even get past the physocological test? Want me to tell you exactly how the military teaches you how to sit on a couch, too? What, you going to get all mad that your mommy doesn't approve of people saying **** around you? Are you going to cry now?











That's how.|||They don't. They enhance a person's pride by challenging him or her.|||The military takes something useless (soft civilian) and turns them into something productive.|||Front Lean Rest Position...MOVE!





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...and so on, and so on...until you're too tired to be an individual. And then its time for FRONT, BACK....GO!!!|||They put you in an all white room with no windows , a small mouse, and one piece of cheese that your chain isn't long enough to reach|||My telling them that they are idiots and worthless. Brainwashing


them into thinking individuality is evil and wrong.