Don't give (UNCLASSIFIED)

[Mullins, Bill AMRDEC]

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>
> During WWII, at least at Parris Island, calisthenics were evidently
called
> "mass grab-ass"; the synonymous "organized grab-ass" is recorded in
the
> '50s, but probably dates back to the same period.

There's a line in "Full Metal Jacket" where Gny Sgt Hartman (R. Lee
Ermey) refers to Pvt Pyle (Vincent D'Onofrio) as a "grab-asstic piece of
shit".  I think he is "motivating" the private during calisthenics or
PT.

I love Hartman.
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