Production
The film was originally to be shot at the U.S. Marine boot camp in San Diego, California under the title The Making of a Marine. It was later asserted that "the Marines refused to cooperate because they did not want to stir up old controversies over the toughness of their training program." The Army, however, cooperated fully with the studio, and location filming took place at Fort Bliss, El Paso, Texas.
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