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Drill Instructor Charged In NJ Marine Recruit Dalton Beals's Death Drill Instructor Charged In NJ Marine Recruit Dalton Beals's Death
Drill Instructor Charged In NJ Marine Recruit Dalton Beals's Death A senior Parris Island drill instructor has been charged in last year's death of a New Jersey Marine recruit. Staff Sgt. Steven Smiley was charged with negligent homicide, cruelty, oppression and more in the death of 19-year-old Pennsville native Pfc. Dalton Beals, a spokesman for the Marines tells the New York Times. Dalton BealsUS Marine Corps Beals' cause of death on June 4, 2021 was found to be hyperthermia, or overheating, during a 54-hour training exercise called The Crucible, according to Marine reports.  Temperatures that day had reached Black Flag conditions — 90 degrees or mo…

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by Cecilia Levine
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Fit Cops: Garfield Officer Has Marine Corps Mentality Fit Cops: Garfield Officer Has Marine Corps Mentality
Fit Cops: Garfield Officer Has Marine Corps Mentality GARFIELD, N.J. -- Garfield Police Officer Kevin Otero keeps his uniform crisp, his shoes shiny and his head held high. At 260 pounds of solid muscle, the 34-year-old officer isn't one to mess with. He knows it. "When you’re physically fit and your uniform is form-fitted you look squared away," the officer said. "That alone will give you command presence." It's compliance during a routine motor vehicle stop. It's submission when breaking up a fight. It's unconditional respect -- something Otero learned in 2006, when he enlisted in the U.S. Marine Corps and began traini…

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by Cecilia Levine