They have pussified basic training

TheEnforcer · 07-26-2005

http://www.nytimes.com/2005/07/26/na...6training.html

Kenneth Dickerman for The New York TimesFORT KNOX, Ky. - Staff Sgt. Michael G. Rhoades, until recently a driller of Army recruits at Fort Knox, says he was only doing his job, hammering civilians into soldiers who would not crack under the pressures of war.

Sergeant Rhoades's methods, investigators said, included punching a recruit in the stomach and hitting him repeatedly in the chest, and throwing another to the floor and calling him a "fat nasty."

Years ago such accusations, if privates dared to voice them, might have led to no more than a reprimand or a transfer for a drill sergeant.

But Sergeant Rhoades, a 16-year veteran, was court-martialed in May and found guilty of cruelty and impeding an investigation. He was ordered dishonorably discharged. Two other drill sergeants in his unit were demoted for mistreating recruits, and a fourth is awaiting court-martial. Their captain is serving six months in prison for dereliction of duty.

Sergeant Rhoades says he is being punished unfairly for techniques that have long been part of basic training. "It's commonly known that all drill sergeants work in the gray area," he said. "If you don't, you aren't doing your job."

Pentagon leaders reject the notion that training is aided by humiliation and hazing. And now, as the military struggles during wartime to fill its ranks, commanders appear to be more sensitive than ever to accusations of abuse.
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Unfreaking believeable. They have totally pussified boot camp. They don't even do "mount mother fucker" anymore Marine Corps boot camp at San Diego. Christ, they even have a passage about a guy who got a pass on the monkey bars because of blisters on his hands!!

Christ, I rope burned the skin right off of both hands on the very first obstacle of a very long O course and just kept on going and climbed ropes and did all sorts of other shit that made my hands feel like they were poured with gasoline and set on fire. Bending and thrusting correction actions were as common as speech and rough treatment certainly happened.

This new training makes me want to puke!

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TheEnforcer Scored VIP to Anton's Piss Tank Want to see your own Advertising Here! Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 8,781	They have pussified basic training http://www.nytimes.com/2005/07/26/na...6training.html Kenneth Dickerman for The New York TimesFORT KNOX, Ky. - Staff Sgt. Michael G. Rhoades, until recently a driller of Army recruits at Fort Knox, says he was only doing his job, hammering civilians into soldiers who would not crack under the pressures of war. Sergeant Rhoades's methods, investigators said, included punching a recruit in the stomach and hitting him repeatedly in the chest, and throwing another to the floor and calling him a "fat nasty." Years ago such accusations, if privates dared to voice them, might have led to no more than a reprimand or a transfer for a drill sergeant. But Sergeant Rhoades, a 16-year veteran, was court-martialed in May and found guilty of cruelty and impeding an investigation. He was ordered dishonorably discharged. Two other drill sergeants in his unit were demoted for mistreating recruits, and a fourth is awaiting court-martial. Their captain is serving six months in prison for dereliction of duty. Sergeant Rhoades says he is being punished unfairly for techniques that have long been part of basic training. "It's commonly known that all drill sergeants work in the gray area," he said. "If you don't, you aren't doing your job." Pentagon leaders reject the notion that training is aided by humiliation and hazing. And now, as the military struggles during wartime to fill its ranks, commanders appear to be more sensitive than ever to accusations of abuse. =========================================== Unfreaking believeable. They have totally pussified boot camp. They don't even do "mount mother fucker" anymore Marine Corps boot camp at San Diego. Christ, they even have a passage about a guy who got a pass on the monkey bars because of blisters on his hands!! Christ, I rope burned the skin right off of both hands on the very first obstacle of a very long O course and just kept on going and climbed ropes and did all sorts of other shit that made my hands feel like they were poured with gasoline and set on fire. Bending and thrusting correction actions were as common as speech and rough treatment certainly happened. This new training makes me want to puke!