The Seven Habits of Highly Effective Soldiers, starring Sgt. Rock

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1. Consistency

 

 

2. Loyalty

 

 

3. Support

 

 

4. Pragmatism

 

 

5. Balanced Response

 

 

6. Focus

 

And of course…

 

 

7. Dynamite

 

More lessons in soldiering, manliness, and all-around Nazi-wrecking badassery can be found in the pages of Showcase Presents Sgt. Rock v.1, which features more bare-chested gunfire by volume than any other comic since 1943’s Barechested Gun Tales.

21 thoughts on “The Seven Habits of Highly Effective Soldiers, starring Sgt. Rock”

  1. I will be utilizing these habits every day for the rest of my life. especially that seventh one. ought to go over great at the office.

  2. That last one is probably the most important habit of highly effective soldiers.

    I’m now reminded of the character that my Storyteller told me I wasn’t allowed to play in our World of Darkness RPG, due to inevitable violations of the campaigns ‘no military grade weapons’ rule.

  3. I will make sure, from now on, to toss actual sticks of dynamite every time I say “Dynamite!”. Thank you, Sgt. Rock, for showing me the way.

    On a side note, I think Vietnam-era Frank Castle would have gotten along well with Sgt. Rock.

  5. Excellent list for the modern day soldier, although it could probably be expanded to eight to include “Innovation”, as evinced by the judicious flogging of one’s enemies with belted ammunition when necessary.

    Cheers!
    Mal

  7. This one’s on its way from Amazon right now, and I’m looking forward to it. Dinosaurs, ghosts, and mysterious faceless soldiers are always a nice way to pass a war, but I’ve been waiting for Sgt. Rock since Day One of the ‘Showcase Presents’ series.

    Now they just better hold up on that promise that ‘Suicide Squad’ has only been delayed, not cancelled.

  9. You know that “Hang In There!” poster with the kitten dangling from the branch? Sgt. Rock would order that kitten to give him 20 pullups.

  10. You know that “Hang In There!” poster with the kitten dangling from the branch? Sgt. Rock would order that kitten to give him 20 pullups.

    Well, either that or he would yank him from the branch and heave him at the enemy once he ran out of grenades and dynamite. And then the kitten would claw out some Nazi’s eyes, because even kittens are 36% manlier when Sgt. Rock is involved.

  11. “You kidding? Vietnam era Frank Castle was probably trained by Sgt. Rock.”

    You know, that’s a very good point. He’s definitely still following the advice about “keeping your guns warm” even today, too.

  14. Is it bad that I first read the title of this post as “…starring Sgt. Frog”? Because that, too, would be an awesome topic.

  15. “Rock Blocked” I am dying here!

    Of course, Rock *is* that tough, after all, he let his own brother die to help beat the Nazis.

  17. Sgt. Rock is what Frank Castle was afraid of in his training.

    Sgt. Rock told Captain America to give him twenty pushups for only punching Hitler and not giving him a curb-job.

    Sgt. Rock once made Midnighter cry.

  19. Erm, when Rock is dressing down Lake and reminding him to keep his mind on what’s in front of his sights, isn’t Lake looking directly at Rock?

    Not that there’s anything wrong with that!