Drill instructor charged in abuse of Marine recruits (244 counts)

San Diego Union Tribune ^ | August 23, 2007 | Rick Rogers

[GSWarrior]

There's a thin line between trying to instill discipline and getting one's jollies by abusing folks. Sounds like he may have crossed it.

He should be taken to the pit and forced to do bends and thrusts til he pukes.

[T.Smith]

"So why did these folk attempt the Corps in the first place?"

I knew I could never hack it in the Marine Corps, so I joined the Air Force. You have to know your limits, people.

[AliVeritas]

Two way street?

What do you think the Taliban or AQ will do to them when captured, give them a manicure and buy them chocolates?

[AliVeritas]

ROFL

[HenpeckedCon]

Bravo! I see Air Force E-4’S with more ribbons than my platoon sergeant had in Germany. He was an SFC and received a bronze star with a “V” and 2 purple hearts in Vietman.

[AliVeritas]

This is why. No pain.

September 24, 2005 Marine Gunnery Sgt. Michael Burghardt signals defiance at his Iraqi attackers after being injured by an improvised explosive device near Ramadi. Attending to the Marine were Nebraska 167th Cavalry members Spc. John Adams (far left, in front) of Hastings, Neb., and Pfc. Darin Nelson of Fremont, Neb.

[MississippiMan]

The story of a Marine trying to toughen up his troops so they can survive combat and they want to put him in prison, unbelievable.

While I certainly agree that the military should be cleansed of political correctness, I'd bet ten dollars to a donut that this case is real and this guy deserves what he's getting. Whacking on recruits with tent poles and Mag-Lites crosses the line, period.

MM (in TX)

[Polybius]

Bravo! I see Air Force E-4’S with more ribbons than my platoon sergeant had in Germany. He was an SFC and received a bronze star with a “V” and 2 purple hearts in Vietman.

In the Marines, the ribbons start here. ;-)

[T.Smith]

I left AF basic with three.

I had five more by the time I got out four years later.

[Hot Tabasco]

Great picture, I’ve got it as one of my screen savers. Thanks for posting it again............

[dcwusmc]

Sure didn’t feel like no disneyland... you BOOT! :)

[Spacetrucker]

A-MEN, brother. Although when I went thru P.I., the discipline had to be a bit more covert (88) cuz the pantywastes had already started to get their knickers in a bunch, there were always ...ways... ;)

[concretebob]

National Defense Ribbon

AKA The Fire Watch Ribbon

[Polybius]

National Defense Ribbon AKA The Fire Watch Ribbon

You young whippersnapper!!

It's called the "Alive in '65 Medal".

Can't remember if it was 1865 or 1965. Did they give it to me during the Civil War or the Vietnam War? I can't remember now.

Nurse!! Where the hell are my strained prunes!!!

[Bubba Ho-Tep]

Wikipedia has what seems a more credible account of Glenn Ford's military career...

In 1942, Ford's film career was interrupted when he volunteered for duty in World War II with the U.S. Marine Corps Reserve on 13 December as a photographic specialist at the rank of sergeant. He was assigned in March 1943 to active duty at the Marine Corps Base in San Diego. He was sent to Marine Corps Schools Detachment (Photographic Section) in Quantico, Virginia, that June, with orders as a motion-picture production technician. Sergeant Ford returned to the San Diego base in February 1944 and was assigned next to the radio section of the Public Relations Office, Headquarters Company, Base Headquarters Battalion. There he staged and broadcast the radio program Halls of Montezuma. Glenn Ford was honorably discharged from the Marines on 7 December 1944. In 1958, he joined the U.S. Naval Reserve and was commissioned as a lieutenant commander with a 1655 designator (public affairs officer). During his annual training tours, he promoted the Navy through radio and television broadcasts, personal appearances, and documentary films. He was promoted to commander in 1963 and captain in 1968.

Ford went to Vietnam in 1967 for a month's tour of duty as a location scout for combat scenes in a training film entitled Global Marine. He traveled with a combat camera crew from the demilitarized zone south to the Mekong Delta. For his service in Vietnam, the Navy awarded him a Navy Commendation Medal. His World War II decorations are as follows: American Campaign Medal, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal, World War II Victory Medal, Rifle Marksman Badge, and the U.S. Marine Corps Reserve Medal. He retired from the Naval Reserve in the 1970s at the rank of captain.[5]

[ansel12]

That matches what I thought was the truth, this new inflated stuff wasn’t there during the 60s and 70s, it must be a internet creation.

I believe I first saw your truthful version in Parade magazine in the late 60s or early 70s.

Thanks, (and that is a pretty exciting military record for a movie star to accumulate, good for him).

[Lurking in Kansas]

.............................And now, we know, the rest of the story.

You are correct, sir. And what's this BS about her being on vacation???? Speechless.

[Lx]

That is too funny. I’m going to have to show my father, USAF retired. He’ll laugh big time.

[Polybius]

That is too funny. I’m going to have to show my father, USAF retired. He’ll laugh big time.

Is his left shoulder doing O.K.?

From the service-related injury of the left shoulder from the sheer weight of the Air Force ribbons, I mean. ;-)

[bigjoesaddle]

Lee Marvin enlisted in the U.S. Marine Corps at the beginning of World War II. In the battle of Saipan in June 1944, he was wounded in the buttocks by Japanese fire which severed his sciatic nerve. He received a medical discharge and got menial work as a plumber's apprentice in Woodstock, NY. While repairing a toilet at the local community theater, he was asked to replace an ailing actor in a rehearsal. He was immediately stricken with a love for the theater and went to New York City, where he studied and played small roles in stock and Off-Broadway.