an army and marine corps thing. my idea is, the govt should hire "undercover spies" to pose as recruits to curb basic training brutality, especially the marine corps. how many of u agree? wouldnt cost much to hire two " recruits" in each armed service basic training regimen
2007-03-24 21:49:35 · 12 answers · asked by Beaujock 1 in Politics & Government ➔ Military
I served for 26 years and I know of exactly _zero_ 'blanket parties.'
I do know of a couple instances where there were rumors that one was going to occur and the troops were read the riot act by the NCOs for even thinking about it.
Why don't you take your lame accusations and fake service claims somewhere else?
2007-03-25 04:33:18 · answer #1 · answered by MikeGolf 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It's a common as College Hazings but believe it or not a blanket party is a form of unit corrective training know to all the services. If you got 1 you deserved it for 1 reason or another. As for undercover spies, CID in the Army and NCIS all do have agents in high risk or high complaint units so it an be contained. What doesn't kill you only makes you stronger.
2007-03-24 23:30:34 · answer #2 · answered by Lone_X_Ray 2 · 2⤊ 1⤋
My platoon had a (very) young looking NCIS agent that had been slipped in. He was there to investigate my senior drill instructor for reports of abuse. I wll be honest, my senior could have made the devil cry, but i never saw him hit anyone, or put his hands on them in anyway that could be considered threatening or abusive.
Blanket parties (or hazing, however you want to call it), is the extreme end of policing your own. Most things are taken care of with a few harsh words, and that is usually the end of it. As for hazing, which is supposed to be akin to a Rite of Passage, the ones that you hear about are also the ones that take it to extremes. I have been through a hazing twice, and this is what it consisted of.
When I was promoted to Corporal, i was authorized to wear a blood stripe (the red stripe seen on the blue trousers worn by Marines), and my SgtMaj gave me my 'blood stripe', he gave me a charlie-horse, left a bruise, then shook my hand. He also gave me authority (his words) to beat the crap out of the next Marine that tried it. The second time, was when I was promoted to Sergeant. I was actually promoted by the executive officer and my wife. They put my rank on my collar, then the XO 'pinned' me, by leaving the backs off of the pins, he shook my hand and gave me a pat on the collar, just enough to make it sting.
These are what they were supposed to be: a little welcome to the club. kind of thing. But then you hear about the Marine that received his jump wings, and they put the wings, no backs on his t-shirt, and everyone pounded them in until the points puntured his lung and killed him. Blanket parties are not all that common, so the ones that you hear about are the ones that go to far. Marines are learn that pain is a powerful motivator, and sometimes a swift kick in the *** is just the trick to straighten someone out, but there really is no need to turned them into a bloody mass of goo.
As for basic training brutality, I only heard of one blanket party (my platoon gave it), one drill instructor hitting a recruit (the recruit snapped on the bayonet course and attacked the drill instructor), and one recruit hitting a drill instructor (the drill instructor later told us, in public, that he had pushed that recruit to far, with the wrong buttons, and stood there and took a beating because he was wrong. That recuit, I learned, picked up staff sergeant a couple of years ago). That was in 13 weeks of boot camp, and my company had nearly 400 recruits and 30 drill instructors. So the rate of incidents aren't all that high. I am not condoning this stuff, but there are bigger problems out there than this.
2007-03-25 01:17:01 · answer #3 · answered by The_moondog 4 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Most get turned in if they are that bad. It isn't like the military doesn't know what is happening.
After all the murders in Iraq by the military, and the cover ups, the prison and the cover up and Pat Tillman and the cover up, they all knew what happened or was happening!
Blanket party's are thrown by the persons own platoon and it is suppose to be a learning experience! Most are for hygiene or lack thereof. Some are to straighten people out but they are few and don't usually go pass Basic!
2007-03-24 22:37:05 · answer #4 · answered by cantcu 7 · 1⤊ 3⤋
It doesn't happen often but when it does EVERYBODY likes to talk about it like it's a big deal so everyone has the impression that it's a common occurance. It's very rare and not very intense the military is one of the most PC places on earth (especially boot camp) unless you are in the field.
2007-03-24 21:55:11 · answer #5 · answered by H M 3 · 2⤊ 2⤋
You've been whining about this for months now. Get over it already. If you were the recipient of a blanket party, it's because you messed up and took a whole bunch of guys down with you.
2007-03-24 21:55:49 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 6⤊ 2⤋
its the navy too. why dont you worry more about not getting in trouble. than worrying about what happens when you get your unit in trouble. it wouldnt be worth it to hire people since my understanding is this is allowed to curb bad behavior
2007-03-25 02:18:03 · answer #7 · answered by kleighs mommy 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
News Flash!!
Even the Navy does it my friend!!
And as stated previously it is usually well deserved & serves to strengthen a unit. Contrary to the great film " A Few Good Men" I have never seen anyone die or be seriously injured as a result!
2007-03-24 21:58:03 · answer #8 · answered by SantaBud 6 · 4⤊ 2⤋
Just so you know, most blanket parties are initiated by the other trainees. Not the instructors.
2007-03-24 22:58:47 · answer #9 · answered by kittenbrower 5 · 4⤊ 1⤋
Obviously you never served in the military...some punks deserve the blanket party they get!
2007-03-24 21:52:21 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 2⤋