Factual error: Towards the end of the movie Lieutenant Ring is ordered to escort the rescued students to Cherry Point. When they arrive they are actually at MCAS El Toro, not MCAS Cherry Point. Any Marine who has been at both air stations can immediately tell the difference.
Heartbreak Ridge (1986)
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Directed by: Clint Eastwood
Starring: Clint Eastwood, Everett McGill, Marsha Mason, Moses Gunn
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Gunnery Seargant Thomas Highway: The United States Marines is lookin' for a few good men - and you ain't it.
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Chosen answer: Gunny Highway insisted that they all wear the same shirts as he himself was wearing. If they showed up in a different one, he made them go shirtless. The reasons for this were 1) to break through their rebellious attitudes and teach them to follow his orders, 2) to make them look and feel unified, and 3) to develop resourcefulness and adaptability in them.
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To also display esprit de corp to other units gaining them respect from those units as well as command leadership.