The story also cites an internal Marine Corps study from 2019 showing that 29 drill instructors either took their own lives ...

Following is a transcript of the video. Narrator: These are Marine Corps drill instructors conducting a pickup of new recruits in boot camp. But before they get there, it all starts here ...

The Marine Corps has made the combat instructor job a special duty assignment once more, effectively allowing those instructors to sidestep the sometimes-dreaded recruiter or drill instructor jobs.