A Marine drill instructor in San Diego was arraigned this week on 244 charges of abusing recruits. According to San Diego Tribune reporter Rick Roberts, over a dozen drill instructors from the San Diego Marine Corps Recruit Depot have been prosecuted on similar charges since 2005. Is boot camp abuse on the rise at this particular training camp or is it that abuse is being less tolerated by the Marine leadership? Ted discusses where the line is drawn between character building and abuse with Roberts, Master Sergeant Vic Ditchkoff of the United States Marine Corps Drill Instructors Association, former Air Force first sergeant Rod Powers, and Gary Solis of West Point and Georgetown University Law Center.
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