...Like the DI that drowned several of his recruits at PI back in the 50's when my dad was there. We don't need to do that. It was said better than I could ever say it. "Marines have developed training for Marines." They are the ones that brought charges against the DI.
I've seen "good" guys and "bad" guys in the Corps. You can be hard without being brutal... it's a fine line. A good DI has to develop over years and years of dealing with boots and this guy was new. Probably had more to do with it than anything. The DI's that I respected the most were combat vets that were just hard as nails, told you what needed to be done and didn't put up with any bullsh#t.
I really think that a lot of the stuff that really burns me up has happened with combat related litigation. I just pray that our Marines are trained hard and allowed to wage war as needed.
Yes, because when the Marines will be facing angry islamists, Taliban, N. Koreans, Chinese or any other enemy - they won’t be abused, will they?