The film Full Metal Jacket (1987) is a film about the Vietnam War. The film shows the war from the point of view of the Marines. The protagonist is nicknamed Joker. Become an enlisted journalist. The film begins during basic training on Parris Island, South Carolina, and ends in the midst of the Vietnam conflict. The depiction of the boot camp, the Tet Offensive, and the war correspondents solidifies Full Metal Jacket as an honest depiction of the soldier's entire experience during Vietnam. The boot camp is accurately depicted in Full Metal Jacket. Parris Island is one of two Marine Corps training facilities. The two complexes are Parris Island, South Carolina and San Diego, California. In March 1966, Parris Island had 10,979 recruits. The harsh treatment of enlisted personnel shown in the film parallels the treatment of some drill instructors. The actor who played the instructor, R. Lee Ermy, was a Marine drill sergeant before becoming an actor. He is quoted as saying, "If I had thought he was making an anti-war film, I would have had no part in it." He was referring, of course, to Stanley Kubrick's breakthrough film, widely perceived as an anti-war demonstration. Treatment by drill sergeants often led to psychotic breaks. The verbal and physical abuse that Drill Sergeants gave to new recruits led to later problems such as post-traumatic stress disorder. The thirteen-week training program that enlisted men undergo is grueling and sometimes fatal. Boot Camp in Full Metal Jacket is one of the neatest aspects. (Pike, http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/facility/mcrd-parris-island.) The reality of the Tet Offensive was told in the film. Tet is an important holiday in Vietnam and treaties were signed... middle of paper... journalists, like the protagonist, tried to remain loyal and opposed their commanding officers. This force of reporters made up of civilians and enlisted men saw front-line combat like grunts in war, but were despised nonetheless. These people were forced to shoot and kill the men as depicted in the scene in the barracks. During the war correspondents were put on long patrols and stayed up "all night setting up ambushes" (https://www.amherst.edu/aboutamherst/magazine/issues/2009fall/warcorrespondents) Full Metal Jacket exemplifies a brutally honest about the terrible events of the Vietnam War. The film is not against war but makes us reflect on the morality of war. Kubrick makes the actions in the film believable thanks to documentary-style shots and dialogues. The film is an emotional scene through the eyes of an enlightened man.