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?
puhleeze..... I've done the deed and walked the walk sister. There is a difference between abuse and training. I've been abused and I've been trained..... hard.
For a DI to be so out of line that other DI's can't cover for his "act", speaks volumes for what he did that we know about.
You may be correct in that some people need to get their butts stomped on to straighten themselves out, but it's all subjective. I remember getting my jump badge pounded in my chest...... big frickin deal. But some other Marine idiot video taped the whole thing when he got pounded in and the public made it out to be some blood letting slaughterhouse.
It's all subjective. Nobody is going to make the Marines a bunch of pansies by keeping a DI from using a tent pole to beat a boot on the head cause he forgot his locker combination.
Oh yeah. and a big FYI for you.... Marines have already faced Islamist,Taliban, N. Koreans and Chinese.... we kicked their asses...... every time, all the time.
I'm not worried in the least about the fighting ability and discipline of our current Corps. I'd do it all again if I was 30 years younger.
You are drifting away from the subject.
The enemy will mentally, and physically abuse, torture, and kill a Marine, if they get the chance.
A Marine must be conditioned to know, and treat, his leaders differently than his enemies.
A DI is charged with conditioning, training, and maturing enlistee’s.
There is a difference between ‘caning’ someone and ‘severe concussion’.