Training Hollywood Actors with Marine Veteran and Actor Dale Dye
b'Dale Dye, \\xa0is a Hollywood actor, military advisor and founder of Warriors Inc. Dale shares with host Joe Crane, his military career and how he got involved in Hollywood and eventually advised and landed roles in Platoon, Band of Brothers, Born on the 4th of July, Saving Private Ryan, The Thin Red Line, The Pacific and many more great military movies.\\n\\nDale Dye \\u2013 In the Beginning\\n\\nRetired Marine Captain Dale Dye started his journey in 1964 as a high school student at the Missouri Military Academy.\\xa0 He enlisted in the Marine Corps and became an 81mm mortarman with the 5th Marines at Camp Pendleton.\\xa0 In 1965 he went to Vietnam for a few months and then returned to the states. \\xa0Dale took an interest in a Marine Corps correspondent that was taking pictures and eventually changed his MOS to public affairs.He served in Vietnam from 1967 as a combat correspondent until he was hit the third time in May of 1970, serving for 33 months. \\xa0Dale received 3 Purple Hearts.\\n\\n\\u201cWe had to be wherever the shooting was going on and that is where we wanted to be.\\u201d \\u2013 Dale Dye\\nSeeing the War Through a Different Lens\\nAs a combat correspondent, Dale saw the war through a lens that the average Marine didn\\u2019t. \\xa0He was able to go anywhere and do anything as long as he could provide a human interest story for the hometown newspapers. \\xa0He had proven himself in his field and eventually was persuaded to go to Quantico to Officer Candidate School.\\n\\n\\u201cAfter the war I was all over the world doing all kinds of assignments .\\u201d \\u2013 Dale Dye\\nSoldier of Fortune\\nAfter retiring, Soldier of Fortune Magazine contacted Dale and hired him to be an Executive Editor. \\xa0They sent him all over the world, primarily to Central America. He was writing a few articles and training anti-sandinista troops in Honduras and Costa Rica. \\xa0\\n\\n\\u201cWriting of the article was secondary to the training of these anti gorilla troops.\\u201d- Dale Dye \\n\\nDue to Iran-Contra, Dale made the decision to leave this assignment and move on in his life.\\nOnce a Marine, Always a Marine\\nDale reflected and concluded that a common theme that intrigued him was military movies and the fact that these movies did not reflect the military that he served in. \\xa0He went to LA and made a name for himself by convincing producers that the actors needed total immersion in a version of bootcamp that the actors could bring to their performance. \\xa0His mission was to change how the American civilians view the common grunt. Dale finally teamed up with Oliver Stone to train the actors for the movie Platoon. For 3 weeks with no outside contact, Dale Dye trained 33 actors as a rifle platoon. \\xa0Some of those actors went on to be famous. He trained Forest Whitaker, Johnny Depp, Charlie Sheen, Willem Dafoe, and Tom.\\n\\nBerenger\\u201cAlways been a movie fan; seen every military movie there was .\\u201d \\u2013 Dale Dye\\n\\nDon\\u2019t forget to leave us a 5-star rating and review if you enjoyed the show. We would love to hear from you!\\n\\nCheck out these links for Dale Dye:\\n\\n \\tWebsite: \\xa0Daledye.com\\n \\tWarriors Inc.\\n\\nDale Dye is also an accomplished author. \\xa0Check out books by Dale Dye on Amazon:\\n\\nBooks by Dale Dye\\n\\nDownload Joe Crane\\u2019s\\xa0Top 7 Paths to Freedom\\xa0or get it on your mobile device. Text VETERAN to 38470. \\xa0\\nJoin the Veteran on the Move on Facebook!\\nCheck out\\xa0Veteran on the Move on Facebook\\xa0to connect with our guests! It\\u2019s a great place where you can stay in touch with other veterans who are transitioning to entrepreneurship.\\xa0 Get updates and free gouge on the people, programs and resources to help you in your transition to entrepreneurship.\\n\\nVeteran On the Move\\xa0podcast has published over 200 episodes. Our listeners have the opportunity to hear in-depth interviews conducted by host\\xa0Joe Crane\\xa0. The podcast features people, programs and resources to assist veterans in their transition to entrepreneurship.\\xa0 As a result,\\xa0Veteran On the Move\\xa0has over 1,000,000 verified downloads through\\xa0Stitcher Radio,\\xa0Sound Cloud,'