Sir, yes Sir!

So I promised I talk more about the story of the miserable boy, Jason, at boot camp, well here it is.

Jason was five weeks into basic training, when the day came for him to prove he could swim. (As a Marine, Jason must take a swim test.) He refused to get into the water. As a result the drill instructors tried to order, persuade, one even hit him, in order to get him in the pool. The next day, Jason died.

Here's where things get interesting. On the day of the swim test, there was a news crew filing Parris Island. They caught everything on tape. As a result, Jason's parents are considering a wrongful death suit and the military, mainly the Marines, are once more under scrutiny. Since this story broke, the media has brought back several stories of recruits dying during basic.

How does this happen? During the swim tests, instructors are placed in the water with the recruits in order to ensure things like this don't happen. This is definitely one story I want to hear more about, unfortunately there aren't many details now. Of he did drown, I want to know how; if he didn't I want to know how he died. Was foul play involved? I would like to be able to say no, to be able to have faith in those instructors. However, humans do many stupid things without thinking them through.

Though they have suspended the instructor who struck Jason, the Marine Corps will not confirm or deny that Jason drowned only that their investigation is still pending.