Greg, have you any idea at all what it must be like to have suffered abuse (of any sort)? For Joe to have shared on here his experiences undergoing Basic Training at the young age of 21 must have been rather hard for him. The abuse of the choirboys included physical, verbal and bullying. Joe has suffered those too and wanted presumably to express how it felt.
To tell him to 'get over it' is appallingly rude and unkind.
This thread isn't about being completely nasty to other posters, including Joe.
I can't speak for other contributors on this thread, but for myself I find your abrasive and confrontational style childish, annoying and deplorable, and not at all in the spirit of Mudcat.
You need to get yourself some manners and some humanity.