Army Bullying

Now before you get the wrong end of the stick I am not in any way saying Bullying is a good thing. Not at all, in fact, I hate bullies.

What I’m about to say is, is that Bullying has its place in the Armed Forces…

You cannot apply the same standards used in School’s and Civvy Street, to the Armed Forces. It just cannot be done. They are very different worlds, when it comes down to it, Army life is literally a matter of Life or Death, and you need to know everything there is to know about the person next to you. You have to have shared something, something more than an aptitude test. You have to know what their’s and your limits are.

So all I’m saying is, let them get on with it behind closed doors, if the individual involved doesn’t like it, then they can leave at any time they want.

Obviously, I am not advocating severe beatings, and life threatening situations, or racism. I am just saying the Army is tough, and they need tough people.

The British Army's ethos is very different from other European armies.  In Germany, the culture within the army is of "citizens in uniform", a regime where long hair and other manifest signs of individualism are permitted.

Major Charles Hayman, editor of Jane's World Armies, say’s the difference in training culture in the British Army was reflected in its fighting ability.

"The training regime here is very, very different from what it is in the rest of Europe.  In some countries, the training is very, very low standard. The soldiers are not fit for war. I have been appalled. There are very few armies that still train to fight a war. It has to be tough because wars are nasty and brutal. That sort of training is completely at odds with the sort of society we actually live in."

The British Army is the best fighting Force in the World, bar none….

They are that way, for a reason.