<p>The case of two US marines, who had urinated on deceased Taliban militants in Afghanistan and posed for photographs with them in 2011, has been referred to a court-martial, the Pentagon said today.<br /><br /></p>.<p>The incident took place during a counter-insurgency operation in Helmand Province of Afghanistan on July 27, 2011.<br /><br />The charges against the marines - Staff Sergeants Joseph Chamblin and Edward Deptola - were referred to courts-martial on Friday by Lt Gen Richard P Mills, the Commanding General of Marine Corps Combat Development Command, a media release said.<br /><br />Chamblin and Deptola were also charged with dereliction of duty for a number of other command failures involving younger Marines.<br /><br />Besides, Deptola is charged with failing to stop the unnecessary damaging of Afghan compounds and wrongfully and indiscriminately firing a recovered enemy machine gun.<br /><br />Both Marines are assigned to Third Battalion, Second Marine Regiment at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina.<br /><br />On August 27, three Marines were punished for misconduct that came to light during several investigations into the desecration and filming of deceased Taliban, shown in a video that became public in January 2012.<br /><br />Disciplinary actions regarding other Marines will be announced at a later date, the statement said.<br /><br />There are other pending cases related to this incident.</p>
<p>The case of two US marines, who had urinated on deceased Taliban militants in Afghanistan and posed for photographs with them in 2011, has been referred to a court-martial, the Pentagon said today.<br /><br /></p>.<p>The incident took place during a counter-insurgency operation in Helmand Province of Afghanistan on July 27, 2011.<br /><br />The charges against the marines - Staff Sergeants Joseph Chamblin and Edward Deptola - were referred to courts-martial on Friday by Lt Gen Richard P Mills, the Commanding General of Marine Corps Combat Development Command, a media release said.<br /><br />Chamblin and Deptola were also charged with dereliction of duty for a number of other command failures involving younger Marines.<br /><br />Besides, Deptola is charged with failing to stop the unnecessary damaging of Afghan compounds and wrongfully and indiscriminately firing a recovered enemy machine gun.<br /><br />Both Marines are assigned to Third Battalion, Second Marine Regiment at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina.<br /><br />On August 27, three Marines were punished for misconduct that came to light during several investigations into the desecration and filming of deceased Taliban, shown in a video that became public in January 2012.<br /><br />Disciplinary actions regarding other Marines will be announced at a later date, the statement said.<br /><br />There are other pending cases related to this incident.</p>