Comments on: Army Quickly Punishes Abusive Drill Sergeants

By: The Q Speaks

The Q Speaks — Mon, 11 Jul 2005 04:30:01 +0000

Quick hits

I'm going to aggregate a whole bunch of stuff I've been wanting to write about for a few weeks into one big disparate post. An omnipost, if you will.

By: Cricket

Cricket — Tue, 28 Jun 2005 19:07:59 +0000

Tom, quit harshing my mellow. We are talking about the integrity of the Main Stream Media, which has been proven time and again to have no ethics, morals or values.

The fact that the Army didn't waste time investigating it tells me several things: That this company was being watched, that the allegations of abuse were taken seriously and investigated and found to be true, and that for the morale of the rest of the battalion and brigade, punished for their negligence and provable poor judgement.

By: Tom Cruise

Tom Cruise — Tue, 28 Jun 2005 15:08:44 +0000

oh gee your sooooooo smart - you can spot sensationalism, if you really learn to pay attention perhaps you will see that the very nature of you hobby here (blogging) is indeed to prey on that very tool of sensationalism.

Power to the people? more like power of a select people over those people who need to be controled.

By: sgtfluffy

sgtfluffy — Tue, 28 Jun 2005 13:30:15 +0000

Sheesh....not the drill sgt hurt me thing again

By: Argghhh! The Home Of Two Of Jonah's Military Guys..

Argghhh! The Home Of Two Of Jonah's Military Guys.. — Tue, 28 Jun 2005 12:44:36 +0000

Morning reads.

First up - go right to Lt Prakash at ArmorGeddon and spend just under 8 minutes of your day watching SPC Roby blow up an IED. While you are there, show me the tired, dispirited, low morale soldiers I read...

By: Dale Cox

Dale Cox — Tue, 28 Jun 2005 11:40:37 +0000

I am currently an Active Duty U.S. Marine Gunnery Sergeant. I served as a Drill Instructor at MCRD San Diego from Jul 1995 to Jul 1997. I know from my experiences that abuse, physical or verbal, is not tolerated. Does it happen? On occasion, yes but when it does the perpatrators are usually caught and punished.

Recruits are screened by their Series Commanders several times during the training cycle and their are a variety of avenues for recruits to report abuse (Chaplains and Medical Personnel for example).

Having been a Drill Instructor I know that there is intense scrutiny of all aspects of recruit training. I have no doubt that the other branches scrutinize the recruit training programs as well. Serving as a Drill Instructor at MCRD San Diego is like living in a fish bowl -- everybody is watching you.