Marine recruits at Parris Island, S.C., were dropped from their platoon this year after they were diagnosed with rhabdomyolysis, a serious condition in which the muscles are exercised so extensively that they break down, leading to potential kidney damage and other problems.
But the diagnosis is absent on the drop roster for the recruits and, in one case, the reason listed is pneumonia.
The revelation that boot camp staff tried to cover up evidence of excessive physical training used to haze recruits inside of Parris Island’s 3rd Recruit Training Battalion is one of many shocking details in a wide-ranging series of investigations discussed with Military.com this week.
The investigations revealed that a drill instructor’s verbal and physical abuse provided the “impetus” for 20-year-old recruit Raheel Siddiqui’s suicide, just a handful of days into training…”
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