User blog comment:Guitarcar/Sheriff Hoyt vs Gunnery sergeant Hartman/@comment-28716800-20180905062634/@comment-4661256-20180905152850

Nope. This still isn't fair. The book version of Hartman may have fought in WWII, but that's a different character from the film version (in fact, in the book he has a different name entirely). Even if we ignore that discrepancy (which we shouldn't, but for the sake of argument I'll give you that briefly), Hartman would still be a middle-aged (or even straight-up old) drill instructor whose advanced age and accompanying physicality would put him at a significant disadvantage in a fight. Combine that with the fact that his backup consists of literal trainees, men with no combat experience who have yet to even finish basic training, and I see no way that this is fair.