Marines issue court-martials for 3 Parris Island drill instructors
A fourth instructor was also ordered to undergo a preliminary hearing under military law
December 14, 2016
Marines issue court-martials for 3 Parris Island drill instructors
A U.S. Marine Corps recruit with November 2 Company, 4th Battalion, Recruit Training Regiment, holds an Eagle, Globe and Anchor during the Crucible on Marine Corps Recruit Depot, Parris Island, S.C., Dec. 3, 2016. The Crucible is the final test of everything the recruits have learned during the recruit training process and the last event before becoming U.S. Marines. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Sarah Stegall/Released)
By Todd Spangler
Detroit Free Press
WASHINGTON — A Marine Corps general has referred charges for courts-martial against three drill instructors at the training depot at Parris Island, S.C., though none were involved in the investigation into the death of a Taylor recruit at the base in March.
Following the death of Raheel Siddiqui, 20, the Marines concluded three investigations, including one into his death, in which investigators said he leapt from a third-story stairwell after being slapped by a drill instructor. The other investigations involved other alleged misconduct on the base unrelated to Siddiqui.
The Marine Corps released a statement to the Free Press late Tuesday confirming that Maj. Gen. James Lukeman, commanding general of Training and Education Command in Quantico, Va., had referred charges against three and ordered a fourth Marine to undergo an Article 32 hearing, which is essentially a preliminary hearing under military law.
https://www.military1.com/misconduct-internal-affairs/article/1661209014-marines-issue-court-martials-for-3-parris-island-drill-instructors/
