Maybe they could clean the floors at the local USMC recruiter’s office with a toothbrush. Every weekend for a year. And they ought to go to a couple of Marine funerals, maybe a tour of boot camp, a visit to Walter Reed.
Or maybe they they should put fresh flowers on every grave in Arlington.
Heck, 15 minutes with your average, run-of-the-mill drill instructor would be a life changing event for these boys. Perhaps a little size 12 motivation, properly applied....
I agree with first part of your post. I have a little problem with this part. It should be for two years, and they should have to do it every weekend of that two years. I’d give them a break if they enlist, suspending sentence pending completion of their first enlistment.
WRM, MSgt, USAF (Ret.)
“... And they ought to go to a couple of Marine funerals, maybe a tour of boot camp, ...”
Never mind a “tour” — their punishment should be forced enlistment, per court order, into the Marines; but then again, these efeminate spoiled-rotten wiesels probably would not survive the first week at 99 Palms.
RTO
They’re 17. Make them join the Marines.
I like your creative sentencing ideas.