A senior enlisted Marine on the service's West Coast recruit depot is in pretrial confinement and beneath investigation by legislation enforcement after being fired Thursday for “loss of trust and confidence.”
Sgt. Maj. Gerardo Trevino, the senior enlisted chief accountable for third Recruit Training Battalion at Marine Corps Recruit Depot San Diego, was relieved of his duties final week by Col. Peter Rummler, the commanding officer of the depot's recruit coaching regiment, the Marine Corps stated in a press release to Military.com over the weekend.
The Naval Criminal Investigative Service, or NCIS, confirmed Monday that Trevino is in pretrial confinement and stated it's conducting an investigation into the case. The battalion Trevino helped lead is answerable for molding recruits by means of primary coaching into Marines.
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“NCIS is conducting an investigation, and no further details will be released at this time,” Capt. Austin Gallegos, a spokesperson for the recruit depot, informed Military.com after confirming that Trevino had been relieved final week.
Gallegos stated that Trevino was arrested on Sept. 11, the day earlier than he was relieved, and no fees had been filed as of Monday.
While Gallegos wouldn't present particulars as to what the Navy's legislation enforcement company is probing in relation to Trevino, NCIS is primarily answerable for investigating crimes, in addition to stopping terrorism and safeguarding secrets and techniques for the Navy and Marine Corps, based on its web site.
Trevino's firing follows seven identified reliefs or reassignments of leaders answerable for Marine coaching within the final 14 months. Last 12 months, a senior enlisted chief at Quantico's Basic School was fired after she struck two pedestrians in an alleged drunk-driving case.
By final July, three prime leaders on the Marine Corps' East Coast recruit depot at Parris Island had been relieved from their positions. Three leaders on the School of Infantry-West, positioned aboard Camp Pendleton, California, and answerable for coaching infantry Marines after boot camp, had been additionally relieved for “loss of trust and confidence.”
“Loss of trust and confidence” is a catchall time period the companies use to clarify — usually with few particulars — why a frontrunner was fired.
Trevino joined the Marine Corps in 2004, that means that he was doubtless months away from the 20-year mark that almost all senior service members retire at. He deployed thrice, together with to Afghanistan and Iraq, based on his official biography, which later appeared to have been scrubbed from the Marine Corps' official website. He was promoted to sergeant main in June 2023 and obtained orders to the battalion from which he was fired.
As a workers sergeant, “Trevino was awarded the Dan [Daly] Award for being the most inspiration[al] Drill Instructor of India Company and was also promoted to the rank of gunnery sergeant [in] March 2016,” his biography stated.
Military.com tried to succeed in Trevino by means of publicly listed contacts in addition to by electronic mail, however was unsuccessful.
Editor's word: This story was up to date with extra info from the Marine Corps.
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