The privates went to their beds while carrying their rifles. He also told them they are married to their pieces, which are weapons of iron and wood, and that they will be faithful. Later that night, Hartman told his privates that they will sleep with their rifles and give them various female names. After that, Hartman pulled Pyle's uniform pants down and made him put his thumb in his mouth like a baby while Hartman and the platoon continues with drill, Pyle walking behind them. Hartman slapped him in the face twice, questioning which side he had slapped him on. Hartman caught Pyle attempting to do what the others did, but Hartman grilled Pyle when he realized what the recruit had done. He gave the command "Right shoulder arms" which means to place the rifle over your right shoulder, but Private Pyle put his rifle on his left shoulder, before correcting his mistake. Later on, Hartman was going through armed drill (drill with rifles) with the platoon after PT. Hartman then choked him and yelled at him. Pyle said that he couldn't help grinning like he was, however Hartman told him to get on his knees. Hartman gave him three seconds to stop grinning. He called him "Gomer Pyle" from now on, and Private Lawrence gave him an obnoxious grin, breaking what is refered to as military bearing. He was insulting him even more than he did to his other privates for being fat and that he hates the name Lawrence. After grilling Private Cowboy, he came up to the overweight private, Private Leonard Lawrence. After Joker's second attempt at a war cry, Hartman was still unconvinced by his war cry, informing him "You don't scare me, work on it." Hartman told Joker to work on his war cry and went over to Cowboy and insulted him about being from Texas. Joker told the Gunny (a common name for a Gunnery Sergeant, they consider being called Sergeant an insult) that he joined the Marines to kill, so Hartman told him to give out his war cry. Hartman came over to him and called him "a f***ing comedian", and punched him in the stomach by giving him an uppercut punch. Hartman looked surprised, threatening to run the entire platoon through PT (physical training) until they "all f- died." He grabbed a recruit (soon to be named Private Cowboy) and yelled at him until Joker tells him that he said it. Private Joker said "Is that you John Wayne? Is this me?", which made Hartman come over to the opposite column of recruits wondering "Who the f- said that" telling that the person just "signed his own death warrant". Brown told him yes, and Hartman reminded him that they don't serve fried chicken and watermelon on a regular basis in the Marine Corps. He told him that he will be Private Snowball from now on and asked him if he liked that name. Gunnery Sergeant Hartman introduced himself to his recruits starting with Private Brown.
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