| “ | Here you are all equally worthless. And my orders are to weed out all non-hackers who do not pack the gear to serve in my beloved Corps. Do you maggots understand that?
— Gunnery Sergeant Hartman
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Gunnery Sergeant Hartman was a foul mouthed senior drill instructor of the United States Marine Corps at Parris Island and was known for his harsh, sometimes even abusive, methods to turn recruits into combat ready Marines.
During the Vietnam War, Hartman was tasked with training the latest batch of recruits, which included the overweight and dim-witted Private Leonard Lawrence, whom Hartman nicknames "Gomer Pyle", having taken umbrage to his real name. Because of Pyle's ineptitude in basic training, Hartman paired him up with fellow recruit J.T. Davis, nicknamed "Joker" for having interrupted Hartman during a speech by doing an impression of John Wayne. This works, and Pyle starts to improve under Joker's supervision. One day, Hartman discovered a jelly doughnut in Pyle's footlocker. Blaming the entire platoon, Hartman adopted a collective punishment policy and stated that he will punish the platoon for every mistake Pyle makes. As a result, Pyle became the target of bullying as the recruits haze Pyle with a blanket party, in which Joker reluctantly participated.
Being put under unbearable strain, Pyle suffered a mental breakdown, but also began to reinvent himself as the model recruit. This pleased Hartman, who failed to notice Pyle's worsening mental state. During the platoon's final night at Parris Island, Pyle had finally snapped. While loading his rifle, executing drill commands and loudly reciting the Rifleman's Creed on the toilet, he accidently woke the entire platoon. Hartman went to confront Pyle and ordered him to surrender his rifle, but was shot. Pyle, who was then confronted by Joker, committed suicide after Joker called him by his real name for the first time since the start of his training.
Battle vs. General Jack D. Ripper (by Battlefan237)
Hartman: 
Ripper: 
'Peace is our profession.' read the sign. Hartman led four marine rookies to walk towards the base where Ripper had already put on condition red. The group got stopped by two of Ripper's base guards at the gate. 'Open the gate and let us in, scumbag.' yelled Hartman. The two looked at each other for a second, and one immediately threw out a Mark two. The bomb exploded and killed a rookie instantly . 'You little scumbags!' Hartman, who had jumped behind a pile of wasted boxes sprayed the M14 at the guards. One guard got shot in the chest and fell down. Meanwhile, up in the office, Ripper silently gazed at the gate where a fight had been put on. 'The Russians, they have arrived, Mandrake.' He finished his cigar and stood up. Then he took out a large golf pack from the closet. As he zipped up the backpack and revealed an M1919 Browning Machine Gun. 'Listen up, Mandrake, I need you to hold this for me.' Down at the gate, Private Joker succeeded in taking down the second guard with his M14 . Joker, following Hartman's order, marched in , only to be shot down by the final guard who had been hiding behind the jeep with a Springfield . 'Damn, I got you damn little...' Hartman ordered another rookie to threw out an M67 and boomed the guard into pieces . The three marine ran down the base and approached the office building when Ripper aimed his machine gun at the soldiers and began firing randomly. Hartman and one rookie were able to dodge into the building while the other rookie received four bullets on the back . 'Mandrake, I think those commies are inside. ' Ripper kicked the door open and went out in the corridor. Mandrake, who was confused and fearful indeed, had no choice but to follow Ripper. They walked to the stairs. Ripper held his machine gun up and aimed it at the lower part of the stairs. Mandrake, who was terrified, gasped in haste. 'I'll show those scumbags....' Hearing the coarse words, Ripper began firing without hesitating . Hartman also began to spray his m60 at Mandrake who attempted to attack them behind the fences. Mandrake screamed and died as soon as Ripper killed the last Rookie with his m1919 . Realizing that they're both out of ammos, both men took out the m1911a1. Ripper shot five bullets out, but all of them missed the target. Then, Hartman appeared behind the fence and took down Ripper with all his bullets left. Ripper coughed blood out of his mouth and bashed himself to the wall . 'I'm in charge of here now, scumbag.' Muttered Hartman.
Winner: G. Sgt. Hartman
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