We worked hard during those years, long merciless days of training. The punishment was meted out by a process known as NCO justice. For crimes such as a uniform of less than starch perfection, a bed that didn't bounce a quarter, or even a mildly insubordinate smirk, the sentence could range from 50 pushups to double time double timing around the parade field. General of the Army George Catlett Marshall once said, morale is a state of mind. It is steadfastness and courage and hope, confidence and zeal and loyalty,. A spree to core and determination, morale, he said, is staying power, the spirit which endures to the end, the will to win