Do any of you people know who Charles Whitman was? None of you dumbasses knows? [Cowboy raises his hand] Private Cowboy?
Sir, he was that guy who shot all those people from that tower in Austin, Texas, sir!
That's affirmative. Charles Whitman killed 12 people from a 28-story observation tower at the University of Texas, from distances of up to 400 yards. Anybody know who Lee Harvey Oswald was? [all recruits raise their hands] Private Snowball?
Sir, he shot Kennedy, sir!
That's right. And do you know how far away he was?
Sir, it was pretty far, from that book suppository building, sir! [the recruits laugh]
All right, knock it off. 250 feet. [Snowball sits down] He was 250 feet away and shooting at a moving target. Oswald got off three rounds with an old Italian bolt-action rifle in only six seconds and scored two hits, including a headshot. Do any of you people know where these individuals learned how to shoot? [Joker raises his hand] Private Joker?
In the Marines! Outstanding! Those individuals showed what one motivated Marine and his rifle can do! And before you ladies leave my island, you will all be able to do the same thing!
