Word: salgador
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Dates: during 1996-1996
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...buildings 12 miles from Aberdeen's main post, confessed they were not shocked by the charges. They described a high school atmosphere on base where gossip about sex rustled among the troops. "There's lots of talk about relationships, but it's whispered, not broadcast widely," says Private Xanett Salgador-Hill, 18, a mechanic from Savannah, Georgia. "It's the same as in the civilian world, but people expect more from the military." Private Bashir Gray, 18, has heard the rumors too. "People were saying some of the drill sergeants were flirting with some of the privates, but I just...
...straight-and-narrow type of person, and that I knew exactly what to do. But now there's a question in the privates' minds." Many new trainees do feel betrayed. "The drill sergeant tells you when to eat, when to wake--they feel like parents," says Salgador-Hill. "So when something like this happens, it hurts." The Army is reinforcing a buddy system that requires trainees to travel in pairs. Cook, for one, applauds it. "I don't talk to any soldiers alone," he says. "to protect both them...
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