A real army man debunks this movie...

My sisters Father-in-law is a retired Sergeant of the Canadian Armed Forces and he said; "I don't know about the US Armed Forces policies but in the Canadian Forces someone like Holmes wouldn't have lasted two seconds as a Captain if he bullied a subordinate for preferring to put a trajedy behind him by refusing to box and focus on his career as a soldier, but Holmes wouldn't even allow that.

I agreed with him and I think that this movie was more like a High School drama of a mean Coach or Principal (Holmes) allowing his teachers pet (Galovitch) to harass a former member of the football team (Prewitt) to get him to rejoin the team rather than care about turning out good scholars (soldiers) over winning trophies until a sympathetic teacher (Sgt. Warden) comes to his rescue.

All-in-all he said this was a stupid movie that didn't depict real army life at all.

Mind you then it would have been a rather boring film if it did.