So did he washout or not? Sounds like a 2nd washout.
He washed out of boot camp.
A recruit does not get the "eagle,globe and anchor" until he/she graduates from boot camp.
And a DI doesn't call a recruit a "Marine" until the day he/she graduates from boot camp.
So Blather can call himself whatever he likes but he can't call himself a MARINE!!!
And that's the bottom line.
Semper Fi,
Kelly