Unit Leader Among Marines Who Urinated On Corpses -- McClatchy News
WASHINGTON — One of the Marines shown urinating on three corpses in Afghanistan in a widely distributed Internet video was the unit's leader, two U.S. military officials have told McClatchy, raising concerns that poor command standards contributed to an incident that may have damaged the U.S. war effort.
Even before the unit deployed to southern Afghanistan last year, it suffered from disciplinary problems while the troops were based at Camp Lejeune, N.C., the officials said.
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Update: Staff NCOs among Marines in urination video -- Marine Times
My Comment: The Taliban are causing mayhem and destruction on a massive scale in Afghanistan .... but we have to focus on this? Memo to the McClaytchy News Service .... time to move on.
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