Word: drilling
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Meanwhile, the military, eager to appear vigilant, disclosed a number of similar incidents at other bases. A drill sergeant at the Fort Leonard Wood training ground in Missouri pleaded guilty to charges of having consensual sex with three recruits and of trying to have sex with two other women, while two officers await court-martial and 10 other cases are pending there. An Air Force general revealed that over the past three years, eight male instructors have been disciplined for harassment at the Lackland Air Force Base in San Antonio, Texas. And the San Antonio Express-News reported that...
...involve relationships that occurred between trainees and their direct commanders within the same company of the 143rd Battalion--a violation of one of the cardinal rules of the military, which forbids even consensual sex between a superior and subordinate in the same chain of command. Moreover, the relationship between drill sergeants and new recruits is one of the most highly charged in the military. Assuming authority that falls somewhere between in loco parentis and God, a training cadre must mold vulnerable young men and women--many of them barely out of their teens and away from home for the first...
...decided the best way to handle such a public relations nightmare was to be up front about it--before the seamy details surfaced in the press or congressional-hearing room. The Army now appears to be responding forcefully, giving rape-prevention classes to new trainees and putting the remaining drill sergeants through additional sexual harassment training. But questions remain about why it took so long for the allegations to come to the public's attention. Army officials say they wanted to complete their investigations before publicity jeopardized the case. They also moved cautiously, an officer working on the case told...
...also hints of trouble at Aberdeen long before Simpson was locked up. Lieut. Colonel Martin Utzig, commander of the 143rd, formally scolded him in January for jabbing a female recruit (superiors are not allowed to touch subordinates in training) and transferred him from Bravo to Alpha Company. And another drill sergeant with the 143rd was booted from the service earlier in Utzig's tenure for inappropriately touching a female student. This may have led Utzig and others to believe the problems were being properly handled, but it could also have masked a more serious breakdown in the chain of command...
...gift wrap a house will roll above the Interstate leading into Russell; the marquee of the Dream Cinema on Main Street will welcome him home. After the fourth campaign, it is almost a scripted event; the original Dolls for Dole will be there, along with the band and the drill team and the junior rotc and the guys from the VFW post. The people of Russell will all come out, glad to do what they have done before, to welcome him home and, if need be, put him back together...