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When I was growing up, I recall hearing how barbaric the North Vietnamese troops were during the Vietnam War. The descriptions of their booby traps were unbelievably gruesome. Alas, now I find our own Marines have been every bit as barbaric and gruesome. It seems to me the U.S. Marines...
General Charles Krulak, the head of the Marine Corps, has been busy denouncing the brutal September 1991 blood-pinning ritual recently seen on television. Last week, in fact, Krulak wrote a letter to the parents of all his young soldiers declaring that "tradition in the Marine Corps has nothing whatsoever...
Military authorities have begun questioning some of the Marines involved in the pinning incidents. Because the statute of limitations has elapsed, those responsible cannot be court-martialed; they can, however, be booted from the corps with a "less than honorable" administrative discharge. Krulak said the 1991 incident, apparently the more...
Hazing itself, which many view as an integral part of the military tradition of breaking down a young Marine in order to build him back up, will be far harder to rout. Fifty-two Marines have been court-martialed, and at least 34 have received nonjudicial punishments for hazing since...
Although his motto is more Semper Fight than Semper Fi, boxer RIDDICK BOWE has joined the Marine Corps Reserve. "It's something I always wanted to do," says Bowe, "and I thought I'd do it before I got too old." The 29-year-old almost didn't make it...