It’s a harrowing story. But unless the rules change and punishment is adheard too, then more of this is probably happening right now. There should be zero tolerance to this, instead probably just more cover ups.
HotMachine9 on
It’s harrowing.
I can’t understand how someone can be questioned by chain of command, admit to their behaviour, the motives, and acknowledge the inappropriateness of it, and be let off for being drunk.
It doesn’t matter if they were drunk or not. There should be very firm punishment to ensure people are kept in line otherwise this will continue to happen.
mancunian101 on
The problem is that the army, and probably the RAF and Navy, have their “good blokes”.
Oh we don’t want to punish him, he’s a good bloke.
I think it was the Gnr Beck case where she reported a senior for something form of abuse and they didn’t want to do any formal punishment because it would damage his career.
There are also a lot of cowards in the chain of command, I’m of the opinion that lots of things get brushed under the carpet because people are worried admitting something has happened will make them look bad.
The Fill Your Boots Facebook page was flooded with messages from servicewomen detailing abuse they’d been subject to and how the army failed them.
I think that any accusation of sexual abuse should go straight to the civilian police who have the knowledge and resources to investigate and won’t be worried about the effect it will have on someone’s career. This isn’t a slight on the RMP et al, but I don’t imagine they have much experience investigating these sorts of things.
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Unfortunately nothing will change.
It’s a harrowing story. But unless the rules change and punishment is adheard too, then more of this is probably happening right now. There should be zero tolerance to this, instead probably just more cover ups.
It’s harrowing.
I can’t understand how someone can be questioned by chain of command, admit to their behaviour, the motives, and acknowledge the inappropriateness of it, and be let off for being drunk.
It doesn’t matter if they were drunk or not. There should be very firm punishment to ensure people are kept in line otherwise this will continue to happen.
The problem is that the army, and probably the RAF and Navy, have their “good blokes”.
Oh we don’t want to punish him, he’s a good bloke.
I think it was the Gnr Beck case where she reported a senior for something form of abuse and they didn’t want to do any formal punishment because it would damage his career.
There are also a lot of cowards in the chain of command, I’m of the opinion that lots of things get brushed under the carpet because people are worried admitting something has happened will make them look bad.
The Fill Your Boots Facebook page was flooded with messages from servicewomen detailing abuse they’d been subject to and how the army failed them.
I think that any accusation of sexual abuse should go straight to the civilian police who have the knowledge and resources to investigate and won’t be worried about the effect it will have on someone’s career. This isn’t a slight on the RMP et al, but I don’t imagine they have much experience investigating these sorts of things.
Sad but unsurprising.
The MoD has paid out £millions in compensation for such behaviour ([source](https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/british-army-raf-navy-harassment-compensation-sexual-assault-misconduct-ministry-of-defence-military/)).
Read the full report: https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/report_into_the_treatment_of_wom/response/3092273/attach/3/20250722%20FOI2025%2004330%20Response.pdf?cookie_passthrough=1