To US Veterans...

[Gawdzilla Sama]

I teamed up with a Marine staff sergeant to make one of his troopers see the light once. He humped an 80 pound bag of concrete mix up and down a ramp until he crumbled. He was begging by the end.

This would appear to be an illegal order. You must be proud.

How would it be illegal?

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Nope.  Training to exhaustion is fine.  It's one of the more useful tools, especially now that you can't just beat the shit out of them.  80lb isn't even a random cruel number.  It's what a full kit weighs.

Amateurs talk torture, professionals talk training.