Zack Mayo is. Once he arrives at training camp for his or her 13-week officer's course, Mayo runs afoul of abrasive, and no nonsense drill Sergeant Emil Foley. Mayo is a great cadet, but only just a very little cold around the center Foley rides him , feeling that the young man will be the prime officer material if he were. The affair having a functional girl of zack is likewise compromised by his unwillingness to give of himself.