“To give a recruit a sense of what it would be like if he was at a war-zone,” Reyes explained. “War is nothing but chaos. A stabilizing factor in such situation is basically orders given by the higher-ups. That allowed Marines to do something rather than sit on the ground with their thumbs up their asses. It also taught brotherhood, that you can depend on the Marine next to you to support you, and in turn, expect you to do the same with the others.”