Marine pleads guilty in Camp Pendleton hazing crackdown
The Marine Corps crackdown on an epidemic of hazing at Camp Pendleton now includes at least one court-martial decision.
Cpl. K.D. Lee of Camp Pendleton’s 7th Engineer Support Battalion of the 1st Marine Logistic Group pleaded guilty recently at summary court-martial to one of three charges involving the hazing of a subordinate, according to Marine spokesman 1st Lt. Adam B. Miller.
“Hazing is contradictory to our core values of honor, courage and commitment and is prejudicial to good order and discipline,” Miller said by email. “Hazing violates our? institutional character and disrespects our most precious asset — our? Marines and sailors. Hazing is absolutely not tolerated in the Marine Corps.”
Lee had been accused of inflicting “cruel, abusive, humiliating, oppressive, demeaning or harmful” treatment on a junior enlisted Marine on April 6, according to a charge sheet obtained under the federal Freedom of Information Act.
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