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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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