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Staff Sgt. Steven Smiley

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…