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Show DAILY HERALD Sunday, December 9, 2007 Convicted Marine Ml instructor says lie was taught to abuse Chelsea J. Carter said he was ordered to testify by the commanding general at the Marine Corps Recruit DeSAN DIEGO A Marine pot, Brig. Gen. Angela Salinas, drill instructor convicted of "I'm going to tell the truth. abusing 23 recruits says he has I'm going to tell them that evbeen ordered to testify against erything I learned, I learned the very men who taught him from Wendel and Hankins, the practices that led to his and that they supervised it and condoned it. And that there jail sentence and dishonorable were other members of the discharge. In his first interview since chain of command that conbeing charged, former Sgt. Jer-ro- d doned it as well," Glass said. Glass told The Associated Wendel and Hankins have Press that he expects to testify been charged with assault, maltreatment, dereliction of against his two drill instructors Sgt. Robert C Hankins, duty and making a false offithe senior instructor, and Sgt. cial statement for their alleged Brian M. Wendel, whose roles in abusing recruits between December 2006 and Feb. begins Monday. 10. Wendel, 30, of Columbus, Glass, whose rank was reduced from sergeant to private Ohio, and Hankins, whose age THE ASSOCIATED PRESS . court-marti- A9 al and hometown were not provided, have pleaded not guilty. Glass, 25, was convicted last month of eight counts of cruelty and maltreatment, destruction of personal property, assault and violating orders on how to properly treat recruits. He was sentenced to six months in the brig, a dishonorable discharge, forfeiture of all pay and the reduction in rank. Glass said Friday by phone that he and his fellow drill instructors have been singled out as the Marine Corps tries to show the public that it is taking recruit abuse seriously. "Recruit training is not being conducted any differently than it was before. It's not like all of the sudden this is happen Glass was accused of ordering one recruit to jump headfirst into a trash can and then pushing him deeper in the container. He was also accused of striking recruits with a tent pole and a heavy flashlight. None of the recruits was seritraining practices. "I just want the Marine Corps ously injured. to say this is the way we conInitially charged with 225 duct our recruit training so the counts of abuse, Glass was individuals, and by individuals eventually tried on 11 and conI mean drill instructors, arent victed of eight. Witnesses testified Glass singled out," he said. "I'm not trying to force anything on routinely stomped on recruits' Hankins and Wendel, I'm just toiletry kits, breaking razors going in to say what happened" and soap containers for minor Wendel's attorney, Capt. infractions like not displaying Jahn Olson, and Hankins' atname tags properly. They also said Glass and another drill torney, Capt. Bow Bottomly, did not immediately respond to instructor forced them after calls seeking comment. meals to down liters of water ing," Glass told the AP. "I think it has to do with the Marine Corps not wanting to admit to the public what it takes to train somebody ... to go to war Glass said he wanted to light what he said were g "IP in a ritual known as "water-bowling- ," an act banned by the Marine Corps' standard operations procedure manual "These terms ... 'waterbowl' and 'hygiene stomp,' I didnt invent them," he said. "How come everybody they brought in there to testify knew what those terms meant? I'm not the first person to invent that stuff." Glass had only been a drill instructor for two months when the abuse allegations were made. Weeks before the investigation, Glass had been nominated for an award given to new drill instructors for their dedication, work ethic, positive attitude and demeanor with recruits. i II ivi 0 Elbow-sleev- e . red turtleneck, - s 99.00. 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