{"id":14807,"date":"2017-08-12T15:59:27","date_gmt":"2017-08-12T15:59:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/marinecorpstimes\/uncategorized\/2017\/08\/12\/convicted-parris-island-drill-instructor-to-be-reduced-in-rank-reprimanded\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T20:20:36","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T20:20:36","slug":"convicted-parris-island-drill-instructor-to-be-reduced-in-rank-reprimanded","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/marinecorpstimes\/news\/your-marine-corps\/2017\/08\/12\/convicted-parris-island-drill-instructor-to-be-reduced-in-rank-reprimanded\/","title":{"rendered":"Convicted Parris Island drill instructor to be reduced in rank, reprimanded"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

A former Parris Island drill instructor has received a relatively light sentence after being convicted of mistreating recruits.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Staff Sgt. Antonio Burke was sentenced Friday to be reduced in rank to sergeant and to receive a reprimand, a Marine Corps official confirmed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Burke was convicted of breaking the rules for \u201cincentive training,\u201d during which recruits exercise as punishment for 15 minutes; making recruits do his homework and forcing a recruit to change his Facebook password so he could ask the recruit\u2019s sister out to drinks, according to Military.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But Burke was found not guilty of charges stemming from allegations that he and other drill instructors made recruits exercise in a dusty, abandoned building nicknamed \u201cThe Dungeon,\u201d Military.com reported.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As of Saturday, Training and Education Command had not issued a formal news release about Burke\u2019s conviction or sentence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The incidents for which Burke was convicted occurred from March and June 2016, while Burke was senior drill instructor for Platoon 3044 at Parris Island.<\/p>\n\n\n\t