MS- 2 RECRUITS SLEEP IN SEAT OF BUS ON THE WAY TO
CAMP WAKE UP AS THEY ARRIVE. THE BUS PULLS UP TO
CURB OUTSIDE THE RECRUITING STATION

MS- THE RECRUITS DRESS INTO THE WORK UNIFORMS AND
LINE UP OUTSIDE.

CU- BARBER USES MACHINE ON RECRUIT TAKING IT ALL
OFF, AS THOSE SEATED AND WAITING THEIR TURN DON'T
LIKE WHAT THEY SEE.

MS- RECRUITS SIT IN PARTITIONED BOOTHS AND FILL
OUT QUESTIONNAIRES TO FIND THEIR SPECIAL TALENTS.

MS- RECRUITS SIT AT 4 MAN TABLES AND ENJOY THEIR
MEALS AND CHAT.

TITLE ; "THIS IS HOW IT IS" LS- NOW IN UNIFORM,
THE RECRUITS ARE HUSTLED OUT OF BUS BY A LOUD,
YELLING SERGEANT. SERGEANT LINES THEM UP, DOUBLE
TIME, THEN YELLS ORDERS AT THEM.

MS- INSIDE BARRACKS THE MEN SIT ON THEIR BUNKS AS
THE SERGEANT TELLS THEM THEY ARE ABOUT TO SPEND
"THE ROUGHEST 8 WEEKS OF THEIR LIVES".

MS- A BLACK SERGEANT LECTURES HIS RECRUITS AND
TELLS THEM, "I ONLY HAVE ONE MISSION HERE, & IT'S
NOT TO BECOME YOUR DEAR FRIEND". CAMERA SWITCHES
FROM SERGEANT TO SERGEANT LECTURING THE RECRUITS.

MS- WEARY RECRUITS IN THEIR UNDERWEAR PREPARE FOR
BED AS "TAPS" SOUNDS IN THE BACKGROUND.

MS- THE NEW RECRUITS ENVIOUSLY WATCH A SEASONED
UNIT PASS IN PERFECT MARCHING ORDER.

AS MEN SIT ON BUNKS THE BLACK SERGEANT SHOWS THEM
A RIFLE & SAYS, "THIS IS THE BEST FRIEND YOU HAVE
YOU TAKE CARE OF IT, IT WILL TAKE CARE OF YOU".

CU- A WEARY RECRUIT LAYS ON HIS BUNK AND PLAYS,
"OLD RIVER VALLEY" ON HIS HARMONICA. HARMONICA
AS ANOTHER THINKS OUT LOUD AS HE WRITES HOME.

MS- SERGEANT WITH A MIC ATTACHED TO HIS CHEST
GIVES INSTRUCTION AT THE RIFLE FIRING LINE.
AN INSTRUCTOR LIES DOWN ALONGSIDE EACH RECRUIT AS
HE AIMS AND FIRE AT TARGETS.

MONTAGE- RECRUITS FIRE AT POP-UP TARGETS FROM ALL
POSITIONS.

MS- WITH TRAINING OVER ,A RECRUIT PLAYS A UKELELE
AS HE AND OTHERS SING OUT THE DRILL COMMANDS.

CU- RECRUIT SHAVES IN THE WOODS, AS OTHERS EAT
FROM THEIR TIN UTENSILS AND CHAT.

LS- AS MACHINE GUNS OPEN UP THE RECRUITS ROLL
OUT OF A TRENCH AND CRAWL UNDER BARBED WIRE WITH
LIVE MACHINE BULLETS FIRING OVER THEIR HEADS

MONTAGE- RECRUIT, WITH SMOKING CIGARETTE DANGLING
POLISH HIS BRASS AS HE PREPARES FOR GRADUATION.