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Wow! All those years on active duty, especially the 3 years dealing with recruits, helped me reach old age. Who'd a f**cking guessed?
Why swearing is f**king good for you
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0911: Drill Instructor
Posted 7 y ago
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I had SNCO's in Platoons that had survived a DI tour. Some better than others. They would share the horror stories about NJP for even swearing at recruits. Others for pointing an extended finger too close. I was amazed that it had gotten this petty. There were no limitations when I went through 3rd BN PI in 78 as far as swearing. At least I wasn't aware of any restrictions. The hats and Marines in general have some of the most colorful language anywhere. I thought I'd heard it all but soon found out otherwise.
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MSgt George Cater
Cracking down on relatively minor things like cussing comes in cycles it seems. But in my experience (1974) once they opened an investigation on any serious violations of the Recruit Training SOP, the Regimental Spies would ask each recruit if anything else happened, to include foul language. Since that is actually a SOP violation, some got NJP for it. I got mine that way as result of a much more serious investigation. Know what for? Throwing a stapler against the bulkhead to startle recruits who were gabbing during free time. Didn’t come close to hitting anyone (I’m not stupid), but I got a $200 fine and put back to work. Fortunately it didn’t kill my career.
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MSgt George Cater - Glad you survived. I had a few fine SNCOs that had been killed with either NJP or FitRep. I tried to do damage control with FitReps, while still being fair and objective, but it mostly didn't work. Damn shame to ruin somebody over one minor lapse of judgement or swearing at a Recruit. At least I thought so.
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