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Old Oct 14, 2008 | 11:22 PM
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I was watching Jarhead, the part when that dude gets killed while training. Has anyone ever died in military training camp from a firearm?
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Old Oct 14, 2008 | 11:26 PM
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I would venture to say yes. It is bound to have happened at least once over the many decades the military has been around.
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Old Oct 14, 2008 | 11:28 PM
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I wonder if the family can file a lawsuit?
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Old Oct 14, 2008 | 11:34 PM
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i doubt it. its training, **** happens
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Old Oct 14, 2008 | 11:36 PM
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Are you a soldier?
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Old Oct 14, 2008 | 11:48 PM
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Check this out:

http://www.weeklystandard.com/Conten...3/521durob.asp

The Feres Doctrine, named after Rudolph Feres, who died in a 1947 barracks fire, bars families of service members from suing the military, even for noncombat related deaths. Feres's widow tried to sue the Army, but in 1950 the Supreme Court ruled that making the military liable would undermine the 1946 Federal Tort Claims Act, which protects the government in combat-related deaths. Over the years the law, because of the Feres decision, has been broadly read so as to protect the military from almost every lawsuit involving the armed forces.
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Old Oct 14, 2008 | 11:59 PM
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The Feres Doctrine, named after Rudolph Feres, who died in a 1947 barracks fire, bars families of service members from suing the military, even for noncombat related deaths. Feres's widow tried to sue the Army, but in 1950 the Supreme Court ruled that making the military liable would undermine the 1946 Federal Tort Claims Act, which protects the government in combat-related deaths. Over the years the law, because of the Feres decision, has been broadly read so as to protect the military from almost every lawsuit involving the armed forces.
Wow, I think that act allows the military to treat soldiers carelessly at times.
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Old Oct 15, 2008 | 08:40 AM
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We had a guy get half of his face blown off with a Light anti tank weapon when I was in basic. It was really gross because most of us were wearing parts of him.
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Old Oct 15, 2008 | 04:02 PM
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I heard of a guy that died from skydiving training. You never hear about these things in the news.
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Are you a soldier?
no i am not a soldier, i am a MARINE
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Old Oct 15, 2008 | 11:28 PM
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Originally Posted by jsteele90
no i am not a soldier, i am a MARINE
Did you feel you didn't have enough discipline in your life?
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Old Oct 15, 2008 | 11:36 PM
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Originally Posted by Daniel92
Did you feel you didn't have enough discipline in your life?
What do you mean by that?????
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Old Oct 15, 2008 | 11:57 PM
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^^^ couldn't cut it as a soldier lol nah j/k man much respect... we were always told stories of " a couple years back there was a private that didn't follow directions and stood up instead of low crawling and well he got his brains blown out" if they are true who knows didn't happen during my training
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couldnt cut it as a soldier? thats funny.
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Old Oct 16, 2008 | 01:42 AM
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Originally Posted by 1FASTBIRD
What do you mean by that?????
Calm, boy, calm.
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Old Oct 16, 2008 | 02:34 AM
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Originally Posted by Daniel92
Did you feel you didn't have enough discipline in your life?
Around here where I live, in the San Fernando Valley, there are guys who get in trouble in the streets, so they join the military to get out of trouble. They might also want to learn discipline.

Do you guys know any gang members in the military? What do you think of them?

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personally i dont, but i know there are gang members in the service. as long as they do their job i dont care what kind of past they have
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Old Oct 16, 2008 | 08:28 AM
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Originally Posted by Daniel92
I wonder if the family can file a lawsuit?
i dont t hink u can file a lawsuite..ur pretty much property of the marines when u inlist and are in active dutie...dont u have to sign like a waiver or something when u start pretty much saying u have no rights
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Originally Posted by erasedgod
Calm, boy, calm.
Who are you calling a Boy
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Old Oct 16, 2008 | 03:57 PM
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Originally Posted by jsteele90
couldnt cut it as a soldier? thats funny.
I second that
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