This was part of the “Are You Ready for Service?” series and was shown to high school boys to prepare them for being drafted into the military. “Get yourself ready to take your part in education for war,” the narrator says as the film addresses some of the biggest problems among young draftees: homesickness, taking orders, self-discipline and fear of combat.
This was part of the “Are You Ready for Service?” series and was shown to high school boys to prepare them for being drafted into the military. “Get yourself ready to take your part in education for war,” the narrator says as the film addresses some of the biggest problems among young draftees: homesickness, taking orders, self-discipline and fear of combat.
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Former Marine Louanne Johnson lands a gig teaching in a pilot program for bright but underachieving teens at a notorious inner-city high school. After having a terrible first day, she decides she must throw decorum to the wind. When Johnson returns to the classroom, she does so armed with a no-nonsense attitude informed by her military training and a fearless determination to better the lives of her students -- no matter what the cost.
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Major Benson Winifred Payne is being discharged from the Marines. Payne is a killin' machine, but the wars of the world are no longer fought on the battlefield. A career Marine, he has no idea what to do as a civilian, so his commander finds him a job - commanding officer of a local school's JROTC program, a bunch of ragtag losers with no hope.
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