Systematic Torture!

The Army is torturing people! People who have no choice but to sit there and take it!

In this case, army recruits whose drill sergeants got tired of behavior regulations:

The recruits of Echo Company stumbled off the bus for basic training at Fort Knox to the screams of red-faced drill instructors. That much was expected. But it got worse from there.

Echo Company's top drill instructor seized a recruit by the back of the neck and threw him to the ground. Other soldiers were poked, grabbed or cursed.

Once inside the barracks, Pvt. Jason Steenberger says, he was struck in the chest by the top D.I. and kicked "like a football." Andrew Soper, who has since left the Army, says he was slapped and punched in the chest by another drill instructor. Pvt. Adam Roster says he was hit in the back and slammed into a wall locker.

I'm told their Bibles, Torahs and Korans were not handed to them by white-gloved attendants chosen for their acceptability to the recruits, too!

Cry torture!

Of course, the denouement is familiar:

Eventually, four Army drill instructors and the company commander would be brought up on charges. Four have been convicted so far.

Just like the other incidents.

Posted by Mitch at June 28, 2005 05:00 AM | TrackBack