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Senior Marine Corps officials have delayed the opening of a controversial correctional unit<\/a> on Okinawa, Japan, where Marines who get in trouble will do hard labor, including breaking rocks with sledgehammers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The new Correctional Custody Unit, or CCU, at Camp Hansen, Okinawa,<\/a> was initially scheduled to open its doors Feb. 14. But plans changed and the opening was pushed back until May 2, according to officials at Marine Corps Installations Pacific. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

It\u2019s been several years since the Corps last operated a CCU, which invokes images of a menial labor camp with Marines sweating in the hot sun and pounding rock piles into small pieces \u2014 a characterization military officials have told Marine Corps Times is inaccurate. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Marine officials say the purpose of the CCU is to help rehabilitate junior Marines who would otherwise be separated from the service for relatively minor offenses. It\u2019s also a tool for commanders to hold onto personnel who still may be valuable to the Corps with slight adjustments to attitude and behavioral problems. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThis will provide an opportunity for good Marines to recover from a slight misstep, as well as return to the ranks free of stigma with an opportunity for redemption,\u201d Chief Warrant Officer Brian Sheppard, the brig commanding officer at Camp Butler, Japan,<\/a> said in a command release.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cCompared to the alternatives \u2014 such as administrative separation, \u2018babysitting,\u2019 restriction, extra duty, and forfeitures \u2014 CCU has the capability to really motivate a Marine and produce a far more fit, disciplined, capable, and fired-up Marine back into the ranks.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

To be assigned to the unit Marines must receive a nonjudicial punishment under Article 15 of the Uniform Code of Military Justice from their command. Marines attending the CCU are then known as awardees. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Brig Marines simulate a day in the Correctional Custody Unit during a demonstration Jan. 12 in the Brig aboard Camp Hansen, Okinawa, Japan. Awardees, Marines assigned to the CCU, will spend seven or 30 days under constant surveillance completing hard labor, formal uniform inspections, combat fitness training and values-based relapse prevention training. ( Sgt. Jessica Collins\/ Marine Corps)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

While the Corps doesn\u2019t like to refer to the CCU as a hard labor camp, Marines at the correctional unit will still \u201cconduct combat conditioning, physical training and field training exercises,\u201d Marine officials said. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Corps has been vague on what kinds of activities will include combat conditioning and physical training. But images posted by Marine officials in a command release in January show Marines breaking piles of rocks when the Corps conducted a simulation of the new CCU.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It may elicit a negative connotation of old-fashioned prison chain gangs. But Marine Corps officials say the hard physical conditioning, while a tool for punishment, is also used to build camaraderie, unit cohesion and foster leadership traits.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Moreover, hard labor is a small part of the curriculum, Marine officials said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe primary effort of the program is dedicated to education, core values, and relapse prevention,\u201d Marine Corps Installations Pacific told Marine Corps Times in an email.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Awardees at the camp will be under constant supervision and will attend either a 30-day course or a seven-day course. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWeekly counselings will also be conducted and annotated in their weekly progress summary by our assigned corrections counselor,\u201d said Gunnery Sgt. Loren Ortiz, the CCU staff noncommissioned officer in charge, in a command release. \u201cCommands are also highly encouraged to check on their Marines during command visitations.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Marines will also undertake community service activities and cleanups. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI hope commanders take an honest look at this alternative because I see this program has great potential to mitigate first term discharges,\u201d said Sheppard.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cRestriction is not motivating. Extra duties are not motivating.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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