Posted on 07/01/2016 8:32:47 PM PDT by PROCON
The Marines have launched an internal investigation into staff at a boot camp in Parris Island, S.C., after Muslim recruit Raheel Siddiqui died in an apparent suicide 11 days after arriving. Fifteen drill instructors are now under investigation, as scrutiny increases of military practices that many believe cross the line from teasing, camaraderie, and toughening-up into danger.
The Parris Island drill instructors face allegations of hazing, assault, and physical abuse, the Marines announced Thursday. The probe into Mr. Siddiqui's death has sparked a wider investigation into wrongdoing in his training unit, known as the "Thumping Third Battalion," as The Wall Street Journal reported.
At the center of the investigation is Siddiqui's senior drill instructor, who was already under investigation for allegedly hazing minority recruits, including putting a previous Muslim recruit into a clothes dryer and making racially charged remarks.
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Heck! There were two legit attempts in my Marine bootcamp platoon alone (1993). Me and the other recruit on firewatch found one bleeding out in the head after cutting his wrists, and a couple weeks later another firewatch found one hanging himself. The senior drill instructor thrashed the platoon in a sticker patch for what felt like an hour (hard to tell time there), because (as he put it) we weren’t taking care of each other. Both were white kids. One of them was the son of an Army Sergeant Major. Investigation afterwards is normal. Public outcry? LOL...of course not. We complained about serving under the Clintons. Looking back. We had it good compared to what it must be like today.
Active Duty ping.
If Donald Trump wins the election in November...obama is going to be on steroids in the destruction of this country he will cause between then and 20 Jan 2017. Of that I have no doubt.
That’s for sure. The POS will go all out.
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