[digitalbrownshirt]

Sounds like you were abused in military school then. I went to boot camp, punching and slamming into walls would be considered abuse, pushing isn't a big deal though.

[NavVet]

"He was a cruel man, but fair."

[dsc]

I went to Navy boot camp, where my biggest problem was not laughing. And OCS was even a bigger joke than that, except for the academics, which could be a bit challenging.

They are training people to go meet the enemy on the field of battle and kill him, and they've got their panties in a knot over a little grab-@ssing. It's insane, and it's not fair to the men who will be cast into battle without proper training.

[xzins]

Having once upon a time served at Ft Knox as a basic training chaplain, I know that this kind of charge wouldn't see the light of day at that level unless there were something substantial to it that we're not seeing. JAG absolutely hates to prosecute this stuff when they cannot win it. They will go for non-judicial punishment in a heartbeat unless they think they have a real case.

I notice that he was not convicted of maltreatment but of false swearing.

[Busywhiskers]

I agree with you. I went through basic training back in 1974 and never saw this kind of stuff. My DI's didn't need to use physical abuse because they were not only superb leaders but very creative in finding ways of motivating excellence without resorting to assault.