https://www.military.com/daily-news/investigations-and-features/2025/02/10/one-of-marines-most-iconic-jobs-stunning-pattern-of-suicide.html
"We put a drastic expectation on them to act perfect," said a Marine officer who has supervised dozens of drill instructors. This top-down pressure can render them "terrified of their careers ending," he explained. "It causes this stress that trickles into their home life."
...Logan Sowell's suicide in July 2021 is one of at least seven in the past five years involving the Marine Corps' stable of drill instructors, according to military casualty reports obtained through Freedom of Information Act requests. In 2023, three occurred at Parris Island within less than three months...
