Many clichés surround this topic, but there`s some truth to it. In the regular army they do feed like slaughter, I don't know who makes up the daily caloric intake, but you can gain weight normally on their food. I know about the Marines firsthand, one of my relatives serves there. They really have an iron discipline. However, he told one case when despite the discipline, their cadet committed a criminal offense but he was helped by
ucmjdefense.com to contest the charge. Now it's hard to say which side was right, but I realized that litigation in the infantry is much more serious than civilians.