Gunnery Sergeant Hartman

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Gunnery Sergeant Hartman was the United States Marine Corps drill seargent in the movie Full Metal Jacket. He is most famous for yelling at, cursing at, and making fun of his recruits, and generally making their lives a living hell, in order to make them in to proper Marines.

He was shot and killed by Pvt. Gomer Pyle in a state of mental instability, who then proceeded to blow his own brains out with his M-14.

Quotes

• "WHAT IS YOUR MAJOR MALFUNCTION, NUMBNUTS?"
• "Bullshit I can't hear you. Sound off like you got a pair!"
• "WHY YOU LITTLE MAGGOT, YOU MAKE ME WANNA VOMIT!"
• "Do you suck dicks?"
• "Holy dog shit. Texas? Only steers and queers come from Texas, Private Cowboy. And you don't look much like a steer to me so that kinda narrows it down. Do you suck dicks?
• "Who said that? WHO THE FUCK JUST SAID THAT!? WHO'S THE SLIMY LITTLE COMMUNIST SHIT, TWINKLE-TOED COCKSUCKER DOWN HERE WHO JUST SIGNED HIS OWN DEATH WARRANT!?"
• "WERE YOU ABOUT TO CALL ME AN ASSHOLE?
• "5'9! I didn't know they stacked shit that high!"
• "What have we got here, a fucking comedian?"
• "You got a war face! AAAAAAAAHH! That's a war face, let me see your war face!"
• "I don't like the name Lawrence, only faggots and sailors are called Lawrence. From now on you're Gomer Pyle."

Trivia

• He was played by Staff Sergeant R. Lee Ermey, an actual former U.S. Marine Corps drill sergeant originally hired as a technical advisor. R. Lee Ermey would, later, be promoted to Gunnery Sergeant, despite retiring.
• He does not discriminate against his recruits, as they are all equally worthless pieces of amphibian shit.
• Has his own action figure, which has 2 versions: a "family-friendly" version, and an "Extra-Salty" R-rated version.