in Marine boot camp, one recruit made the mistake of telling one of our junior

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drill instructors that his.....? father use to be a drill instructor. so our drill instructor asked the recruit who was more tougher, him or his father? the recruit answered, t"this recruits father, sir". our drill instructor brought him to the pit and smoked him good. he continueally asked the recruit who was more tougher and the recruit kept answering, "this recruit's father sir!". he was IT for 20 minutes straight and this recruit never changed his answer! i would have told my DI that he was tougher, i would have changed my story in order to stop getting smoked but this recruit wasnt backing down!! a few days later this recruit became our platoon guide. what did the drill instructos see in this recruit in order to make him our platoon guide?