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Abusive Drill Sgt. Gets 6 Months in Brig

Posted Nov 16, 07 1:25 PM CST in US 

(Newser) – A military jury has sentenced a former Marine drill instructor convicted of abusing recruits to 6 months in the brig, busted him to private, and ordered a bad-conduct discharge, the LA Times reports. Jerrold Glass, reportedly otherwise a model marine, was convicted of punching, slapping, and destroying the personal property of two dozen recruits in the biggest abuse case to hit the San Diego Recruit Depot in decades.

Some of the recruits who had testified to enduring Glass' abuse still spoke favorably of him to reporters, calling him "a good D.I." who "doesn't deserve this." The nature of boot camp can obscure the line between abuse and training: Glass' behavior was reported only after he beat a recruit over the head repeatedly with a pole in front the entire platoon.

Sources Los Angeles Times, Associated Press

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Uniformed Marines march in formation in this file photo. "Sgt. Glass is a good D.I.," said one Pfc. who was forced to drink water until he vomited. "He just lost his head."   (Shutterstock.com)
Sgt. Jerrod Glass, 25, will serve six months for abusing recruits during boot camp, as well as a demotion to the rank of Private.   (USMC)
Sgt. Glass, 25, reportedly struck and ridiculed recruits as well as destroying their personal property, in violation of Marine Corps rules.   (Index Open)
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