I, the owner of this very Blog; personally find Military Basic Training to be both gruesome and horrible, as well as the life of an Officer or Enlisted Soldier on Active Duty in the Military.
Author Greg Cope White’s Memoir, titled “Boots”, and the Television Show Adaptation of this Memoir that is solely available on Netflix’s Streaming Service (which, oddly; happens to be the very last Television Show that Norman Lear had created, prior to his death in December, 2023); both of which are about Gay Boys who impulsively enlist in the United States Marine Corps, one Gay Boy’s crazy single mother, a recruit who enlists in the United States Marine Corps after being kicked out of the United States Air Force’s Basic Training; and a Gay Marine Drill Instructor; depict how gruesome and horrible Basic Training as an Enlisted Soldier in the United States Marine Corps, any of the United States’ other Armed Forces; and any other nation’s Armed Forces all are.
https://www.nbcnews.com/nbc-out/out-pop-culture/boots-netflix-gay-marine-military-rcna236846
https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/tv/story/2025-10-09/boots-netflix-review
https://www.radiotimes.com/tv/drama/boots-cast-netflix/
https://collider.com/boots-netflix-norman-lear-final-series/
The Reality Television Shows about Great Britain’s Armed Forces’ Basic Training, such as “Raw Recruits: Squaddies At 16”, “Soldier”, and “Royal Marines Commando School”, and veterans of Great Britain’s Armed Forces who are now Television Personalities; such as Jason Fox and Edward Michael “Bear” Gryllis; all depict how gruesome and horrible Basic Training as an Enlisted Soldier or an Officer in Great Britain’s Armed Forces; and any other nation’s Armed Forces all are.
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt6194716/
Matthew Parij 