A certain amount of "bullying" is to be expected in the armed forces, it sorts out the morally weak from those who belong and at best pulls the ******* towards the light. Outright abuse is a definite no, no, though.
Back in the days when the sun always shone and nobody locked their front doors, as a Junior rating there were a few attempts to bully me in the "Your the sprog you take the shite" mode. Yeah right. I do not claim to be hard. It seems to be my lot in life to see off those who think they are. I was gifted with fast right hand that Rocky Graziarno would have envied. Two senior rates hit me a P.O.TASI and a killick seaman They never tried a second time. My main strength' is even today well into my 75th year,is that I was,and am so fatally easy to underestimate.
Back in the days when the sun always shone and nobody locked their front doors, as a Junior rating there were a few attempts to bully me in the "Your the sprog you take the shite" mode. Yeah right. I do not claim to be hard. It seems to be my lot in life to see off those who think they are. I was gifted with fast right hand that Rocky Graziarno would have envied. Two senior rates hit me a P.O.TASI and a killick seaman They never tried a second time. My main strength' is even today well into my 75th year,is that I was,and am so fatally easy to underestimate.
What would the average civvy make of milling? Back in the 70s Jnr Marine troops would routinely muster in the infirmary gardens where one junior would be pitted against another and be expected to beat the crap out of each other.
Thats been going on since Roman times.....thats how they got their entertainment.....
its more civilised now....we put them on tele, compete against each other...then some 'bully' reduces them to tears...
....and its call 'reality'....so bullying is, in reality....reality......know wot I mean....innit ! :nod:
It's also a way of "toughening up" and inculcating the aggression needed for an elite force to be effective. So, too, it is a way of formalising the establishment of a "pecking order" by using an authority approved method that actually short circuits unregulated bullying.
Wow! Best keep clear of you then jesse.