I wonder if the Sgt. has been is Afghanistan.
A friend of mines son is a Marine and spent two tours in Afghanistan and one in Iraq.
He has been involved in two IED attacks and suffered head injuries during the attacks.
Since then he has suffered from anger control problems that he never had before. He also has become an alcoholic after the head injuries.
I suspect the Sgt. really does need to be hospitalized.
Most people dont have any idea of the personality changes that can occur from these brain injuries that happen in these attacks.
OR the massive amount of drugs they are fed.
That's certainly possible.I doubt that there are many Marine E-7s who haven't spent *some* time,if not a *lot* of time,in Afghanistan and/or Iraq.If he had a clean record before the tour(s) he's almost certain to have had a prosecutor/judge/jury might go easy on him under certain circumstances (psych treatment/alcohol treatment,etc).