A sickening video showing a vile initiation of a young recruit has sparked public outrage and an investigation into the Royal Air Force.
As the Daily Mail reported, the publication has obtained a video showing drunken RAF Honington troops allegedly assaulting a recruit during a vile initiation ceremony.
According to the reports, the man in the obtained video was naked on the floor, whereas his comrades appeared to use a mortar barrel on his backside.
The footage has sparked outrage and the Police Special Investigation Branch of the Royal Air Force has already begun investigating the incident to determine what exactly had happened and whether the recruit was forced into undergoing the initiation.
“We have been made aware of an offensive video involving Royal Air Force personnel,” a spokesperson confirmed.
“The RAF Police Special Investigation Branch is now investigating the incident shown in the video. It would be inappropriate to comment further while investigations are ongoing.”
While initiation ceremonies have long been part of military life, defense officials have reportedly been working hard to get rid of them to prevent bullying and harassment.
“Thankfully, this deplorable incident does not reflect the high standards of behavior now exhibited across all three services and huge progress made in removing the culture of initiation practices that have no place in our modern military,” Tobias Ellwood MP, a Defence Committee chairman, reassured.
“But this incident, however isolated, will temporarily damage the fine reputation of the RAF.”
Ellwood went on to call for the Ministry of Defence to “act swiftly and purposely to repair this damage – not just because past generations of our flying heroes would demand it – but because recruiting the next generation of pilots and personnel will be all the more challenging.”
According to a recent update, senior officers from the regiment where the alleged assault took place have already been suspended. Meanwhile, the Defence Secretary said that the unit in question will be disbanded.
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