{"id":37325,"date":"2019-05-18T21:06:58","date_gmt":"2019-05-18T21:06:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/uncategorized\/2019\/05\/18\/3-silent-drill-platoon-marines-booted-from-the-corps-after-hazing-investigation\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T20:40:49","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T20:40:49","slug":"3-silent-drill-platoon-marines-booted-from-the-corps-after-hazing-investigation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/news\/2019\/05\/18\/3-silent-drill-platoon-marines-booted-from-the-corps-after-hazing-investigation\/","title":{"rendered":"3 Silent Drill Platoon Marines booted from the Corps after hazing investigation"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

A hazing investigation <\/a>by Naval Criminal Investigative Service into the Corps\u2019 Silent Drill Platoon resulted in at least five Marines being punished \u2015 three of whom recently were separated from the Corps, according to officials.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The completed hazing investigation<\/a> into one of the most famous units in the Marines Corps shines a small spotlight into the commandant\u2019s backyard at one of its oldest garrisons, the Washington barracks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Following a nearly four-month NCIS investigation that kicked off in November 2018, three Marines were charged with and pleaded guilty to Article 81 conspiracy and Article 92 failure to obey an order or regulation, Sgt. Maj. Matthew Hackett, the sergeant major for the D.C. barracks, told Marine Corps Times in an interview.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Those Marines spent about 25 and 49 days in pretrial confinement at the Rappahannock Regional Jail in Stafford, Virginia, Hackett said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Following release, each received nonjudicial punishment, or NJP, which consisted of reduction in rank, 60 days restriction, forfeiture of one-half of a month\u2019s pay for two months with one month suspended by the commanding officer. All faced administrative separation from the Marine Corps, according to Hackett.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Two other Marines pleaded guilty to Article 92 and Article 134 general article. Those two Marines spent 4\u20135 days in confinement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Following a short confinement, the two Marines received NJPs, which consisted of reduction in rank, 45 days restriction, 45 days extra duty, and forfeiture of one-half month\u2019s pay for two months with one month suspended, Hackett said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Some of the hazing incidents involved assault with a closed and open fist and the use of a rifle buttstock with a nonfunctioning training rifle as a weapon. The five Marines punished for hazing included noncommissioned officers and junior ranking Marines.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sexual assault allegations were also investigated, with NCIS determining there was not enough evidence to convict, Hackett said.<\/p>\n\n\n\t