SASLESS, I get what you are saying, it does sound kind of ironic. However, the guys counseling each other on hazardous attitudes are the ones who opted to study a little harder in order to have the opportunity to fly over those said death traps known as the beach head. And to take it further, the brain washing at Quantico didn't seem to overcome their overwhelming desire to crawl in a machine that can challenge most physics students in explaining why it flys in the first place.
What was quite entertaining in the presentation was how visceral the contract instructors were in pointing out those personalities that got those "sound instruments of death" killed without an opportunity to demonstrate their learned profession doing things they really had no business doing. Such events were led with a motivation that was likely started with a brew of something they saw in movie and their own insecurities or a feeling that they had a lack of recognition for what a great pilot they were.
All humor aside, the materiel wasn't USMC specific, in fact it covered the full gamut of personality traits. Sure you had reference to movies like the "Great Santinni", but it went on to the guy who is demeaning to anyone as much as one day junior to himself (who may live in any military service or airline industry).
I will try and get a copy of the presentation and present the topics, however the overall content may be proprietary.