Court martial begins for Marine drill instructor in 'Crucible' death of recruit

A sad thing for the Corps. Training should be tough and realistic, however in basic training, it should be a little less tough. The fleet is tough like it's supposed to be. Basic is just that instilling basics. The fleet is where the training needs to be as close to real as possible.

I'm not sure how the DI's lost him for an hour. That doesn't bode well for their accountability procedures.

The fact that he was only worried about his career tells me everything I need to know. I hope they find h im guilty on all article charges and reduce h im to E-1, send him to Leavenworth to make very small rocks out of very big rocks witha very small hammer the when his time is up dishonorable discharge and forfeture of all benefits. No excuse...these recruits were in his charge and he let this happen.

Lt Col Charlie Brown LTC Trent Klug MSgt John McGowan Cpl Vic Burk Sgt (Join to see) CWO4 Terrence Clark CPL Douglas Chrysler SGT Jim Arnold MSgt James Parker LTC Stephen F. SGT Steve McFarland SGT Mark Anderson SMSgt Lawrence McCarter CMSgt (Join to see) SPC Gary C. COL Randall C. Sgt (Join to see) LTC David Brown SFC John Davis

MAJ Dale E. Wilson, Ph.D. There goes my (expletive) career is the least of this Marines worries. He needs to be more worried about going to the brig for twenty years.