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MSG Mark Million
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Noting the number of Officers and Senior NCOs that have gotten into trouble over not being aggressive enough to stop hazing, I have a hard time seeing where this General was doing anything other than trying to protect his career by showing the usually good to go ZERO TOLERANCE!
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Lt Col Charlie Brown
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Maybe I am missing something here but to me this is Letter of Reprimand stuff (unless someone was physically injured) not Article 15 and certainly not discharge material.
Lt Col John (Jack) Christensen LTC John Shaw MSgt Don Dobbs A1C David Sewell A1C Ian Williams SMSgt Minister Gerald A. "Doc" Thomas Maj Marty Hogan MSgt Stephen Council MSgt Robert "Rock" Aldi SGT David A. 'Cowboy' Groth LTC Jeff Shearer Maj Michael Gravier
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Lt Col John (Jack) Christensen
Lt Col John (Jack) Christensen
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Got to disagree with you re. those conducting the hazing. There should be no doubt in anyone's mind that in today's military hazing is not tolerated. Things have changed a lot on this issue from when we were on Active Duty, back then I'd have gone the LOR route as well, but in today's military this is a throw the book at them offense IMO.
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SGT David A. 'Cowboy' Groth
SGT David A. 'Cowboy' Groth
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That is how I take it is the way it was done
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Lt Col Charlie Brown
Lt Col Charlie Brown
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I think it depends on what exactly was done. I have seen everything from teasing or hiding someone's stuff to actual physical abuse described as "hazing". That's why blanket responses don't work for me.
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CPT Special Forces Officer
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Lt Col Charlie Brown - Ma'am, In today's military any form of hazing is strictly forbidden. In the late 70's early 80's, I saw (and heard of) some recalcitrant recruits receiving an attitude readjustment from the DS. The military operated better in those days as the carrot or stick option was generally always an available but rarely needed tool. Under the leadership of limp d*_ked political types that disappeared along with "School of the Soldier" and other forms of non-official get-your-attention activities.

The last war fought under the old school was Desert Storm. There we fought a limited war for limited aims but with unlimited assets ... we really cleaned their clocks. Fast forward a decade to the post Clinton era and Bush 43 finds himself in an unlimited war for unlimited aims, but with very limited assets. Even with herculean efforts the single pro-national defense president could not make headway against the rising tide of progressive-ism. I apologize for probably wandering a little far from my original subject.
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MSgt Stephen Council
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PO1 Tony Holland The General certainly seems to have an axe to grind. Perhaps one of his superiors tacked his rank on a little harder than he liked and it hurt his feelings and made him cry. Who knows, but he is ruining careers of otherwise honorable Marines.
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Nonsense. Marines who act like idiots and ignore the orders of their superiors aren't worth having in the Corps.
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CPT Special Forces Officer
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How do we know that the marines were honorable or had careers worthy of being salvaged?
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