ABSTRACT
In this chapter, the author describes how the military forges a relationship with and between soldiers through techniques of discipline and punishment, using the Zimbabwe military as a case study. While the socialization of military recruits is not uniform across different armies in the world, there are certain practices that most soldiers go through, such as military drills and hazing. While the "civilian body" is that which is perceived as a "feminine body," the military conquers that body and remolds it into a "military body". Teaching men how to dress for drill represents particular discipline and uniformity in the military. Drill is a symbol of discipline, which is an organizational value. Despite the conformity of recruit soldiers to military training instruction, there are also moments of resistance to orders and command. Through processes of military training recruits are depersonalized and stripped of their civilian ways by the order and command of military instructors.
