Talk:Spitfire/@comment-24614321-20140328224639/@comment-25524463-20140328231048

The Wonderbolts aren't really military, but Spitfire's job in the academy is pretty similar to that of a drill sergeant. Drill sergeants need to be like that. It's their job. Many recruits come to first day undisciplined, used to having everything done for them. They wake up in a whole different world. The drill sergeant teaches them discipline by acting that way. Is an undisciplined, "I'm such a hotshot" recruit going to listen to a "nice guy" that politely asks them to do everything they need to do, or a drill instructor that instills in them a sense of discipline by acting that way? By the end of training, the instructor has turned the recruit into a person worthy of joining the ranks, and the recruit looks up to him as a figure to be respected and emulated.