I have enjoyed this series and all the great characters in it. But I have to say that Sam, with those sloping shoulders an crouching walk, was no marine!
In boot camp the drill sergeant would have given him a bad time until he straightened himself up. And that stays with you. I'm ex-military and several decades later I still walk straight!
Suspend disbelief...
shareI like to think of Sam as the "SEAL with soul (moves)"
shareThat's because Sam is a Navy Seal,not a Marine Sir.
shareI don't know the difference between the training for a SEAL vs a Marine, but I can say that as a student of dance for many years, the training does stay with you. I like the Sam character, though, so I'll let LL's walk slide. 😃
shareAnd besides who cares..look at Arnold back when he was doing the Mr Olympia..his shoulders were sloped ..so again who cares and so what??
shareI hadn't thought about it, but I think you're right about the shoulders: the "slope" is probably more a result of his neck muscles than bad posture (thinking of football players vs. basketball players)
shareI have wanted to yell at my TV MANY times, "Stand up straight!" I love LL Cool J as Sam Hanna but yeah, he needs to stop slouching - not cool at all.
Robocop, I'm not American, so excuse my lack of knowledge. I have assumed that the SEALS were a division of the US Marines. If they are not, why does the navy need another fighting force when they already have the marines?
shareThis is a good site with info about the various forces and their purposes:
http://armedforcesmuseum.com/top-ten-most-elite-special-operation-units-in-the-us-military/
The reason Sam Hanna is no Marine, is because his character was never a Marine. According to Wikipedia, and the Wikia for the show, links below, while Sam's father was a Marine and Sam attended military school, he was a Senior Chief Petty Officer in the US Navy. While Marines do ride in Navy equipment, Sam was not a Marine.
He was with special forces, including Team Six. What non-Naval people call, Seal Team Six.
I know plenty of former Marines and other branches at all levels, father in law is former Navy, retired, and is very active in the VA. You would not look at some of those men and women and think they did some pretty heroic and scary things, but they did. Middle age spread happens.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam_Hanna_(character)
http://ncisla.wikia.com/wiki/Sam_Hanna