did you see the deleted scenes on the DVD. Apparently the old guy was scared that way (from what i remembered, correct me if im wrong) that he was a drill instructor or something, and he ordered all his men out of barracks with all their medals they have evr won. One guy comes out with no medals on. Old guy (then young) yells at him to go back and get them on. That guy comes back naked, with 2 Congressional Medal of Honors around his neck. And that's what made him all grumpy