Actually, you know what, thinking about it, it might be the juxtaposition there between that complete intimacy between soldiers — the brotherhood, if you will — and the fact that the whole thing is about as macho as you can get without straining something. Like, yeah, we know each other inside and out and we’ve probably seen each other’s dicks more often than we’ve seen our own, but let’s keep talking smack and punching each other so we won’t succumb to complete gayness. It’s fascinating.