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Marine corporal loses symbolic name tag for abuse
SEOUL, Aug. 9 (Yonhap) -- A Marine corporal has been stripped of his red name tag for abusing a fellow soldier under the Marine Corps' new stricter code of conduct, a military official said Tuesday.
"After inspecting Marine units until July 31, we learned that a corporal at the 2nd Marine Division struck a junior Marine," the official said, referring to a unit in Gimpo, about 30 kilometers west of Seoul.
The official added the junior soldier had disobeyed orders from the corporal.
Last month, Marine Corps announced plans to overhaul barracks culture and to hand out tough punishments to violators of its new code of conduct. The decision came after a Marine opened fire on his colleagues inside a barrack at a seaside unit on Ganghwa Island on the Yellow Sea on July 4, killing four and injuring another.
As part of the steps, Lt. Gen. Yoo Nak-joon, the Marines Corps commander in chief, said abusive soldiers would be stripped of their red name tag, a patented emblem of the Marines here.
"Since the shooting incident, we've tried hard to clean up and root out violence and abusive practice," the official said. "We plan to remove tags from other Marines who are caught."
Military officials say the red tag, awarded just before the end of the seven-week Marine recruit training, is a significant symbol for Marines and losing it may be the most severe and disgraceful form of punishment for individual soldiers.
According to a Marine official, soldiers stripped of their tags will undergo varying lengths of adjustment training and will receive their tags again if they show improvements in their behavior.
Later Tuesday, the Marine Corps said it plans to set up a leadership training center for young officers and squad leaders, so that they will be better equipped to prevent and manage abuses in barracks.
In a statement, the Marine Corps also said regular meetings will be held to evaluate the implementation of its code of conduct.
"The Marine Corps' commander in chief will chair a monthly meeting, and the deputy commander will hold a weekly meeting to review implementation of our rules and discuss violations," the statement read. "We will operate special inspection teams to continue to monitor implementation of the rules and improvement in barracks culture."
The Marine Corps also said it turned away 35 recruits last month after they'd failed computerized personality tests and were asked to receive psychiatric help.
In the July incident, the shooter was said to have battled mental problems, with a report claiming he had shown symptoms of anxiety, personality disorders and schizophrenia.
"After inspecting Marine units until July 31, we learned that a corporal at the 2nd Marine Division struck a junior Marine," the official said, referring to a unit in Gimpo, about 30 kilometers west of Seoul.
The official added the junior soldier had disobeyed orders from the corporal.
Last month, Marine Corps announced plans to overhaul barracks culture and to hand out tough punishments to violators of its new code of conduct. The decision came after a Marine opened fire on his colleagues inside a barrack at a seaside unit on Ganghwa Island on the Yellow Sea on July 4, killing four and injuring another.
As part of the steps, Lt. Gen. Yoo Nak-joon, the Marines Corps commander in chief, said abusive soldiers would be stripped of their red name tag, a patented emblem of the Marines here.
"Since the shooting incident, we've tried hard to clean up and root out violence and abusive practice," the official said. "We plan to remove tags from other Marines who are caught."
Military officials say the red tag, awarded just before the end of the seven-week Marine recruit training, is a significant symbol for Marines and losing it may be the most severe and disgraceful form of punishment for individual soldiers.
According to a Marine official, soldiers stripped of their tags will undergo varying lengths of adjustment training and will receive their tags again if they show improvements in their behavior.
Later Tuesday, the Marine Corps said it plans to set up a leadership training center for young officers and squad leaders, so that they will be better equipped to prevent and manage abuses in barracks.
In a statement, the Marine Corps also said regular meetings will be held to evaluate the implementation of its code of conduct.
"The Marine Corps' commander in chief will chair a monthly meeting, and the deputy commander will hold a weekly meeting to review implementation of our rules and discuss violations," the statement read. "We will operate special inspection teams to continue to monitor implementation of the rules and improvement in barracks culture."
The Marine Corps also said it turned away 35 recruits last month after they'd failed computerized personality tests and were asked to receive psychiatric help.
In the July incident, the shooter was said to have battled mental problems, with a report claiming he had shown symptoms of anxiety, personality disorders and schizophrenia.
