5 Canadian soldiers suspended after Nazi salute video emerges

[Navy_Pete]

I not so fondly recall one or two 'kangaroo courts', presided over by various Reserve COs in the 90s/early 00's, that convinced me I would never subject any of my soldiers, even the naughty ones, to that process if I could help it.

Fortunately, no one did anything bad enough to have to resort to it.

Don't need to go to the Reserves, remember having to explain to an embarked Cmdre that was TG commander he didn't have the authority to strip someone of their substantive rank because they put in a cease training for the stoker qual needed to be CERA.

 

[Cloud Cover]

These men will be sentenced by General Dreedle to life in front of a firing squad armed with nerf guns.

 

[Cloud Cover]

Don't need to go to the Reserves, remember having to explain to an embarked Cmdre that was TG commander he didn't have the authority to strip someone of their substantive rank because they put in a cease training for the stoker qual needed to be CERA.

JC on a cracker.

 

[ArmyRick]

On the original story. How tone deaf do these morons have to be? Do they not understand anything about the political landscape in Canada right now? Or did they think they would not get caught?
This wasn't acceptable in 1975 or 1995 or 2025.

 

[brihard]

On the original story. How tone deaf do these morons have to be? Do they not understand anything about the political landscape in Canada right now? Or did they think they would not get caught?
This wasn't acceptable in 1975 or 1995 or 2025.

The article got a bit of detail added; sounds like a party in some dude’s basement somewhere and someone caught a thirty second video of what was described and brought it forward to CAF recently. Not sure how word they reached the media. But yeah, suggests this is how at least a small gaggle felt comfortable acting at a normal house party.

 

[ArmyRick]

Not sure how word they reached the media.

after serving 28 years, I realized no matter how much you think something will not get out (even a humour intended photograph), it gets out.

Sometimes it goes Major media to lesser media to gossip circles to finally military chain of command. And no RSM ever wants to be blindsided that way.

This was plain DUMB.

 

[Maxman1]

I would bet, dollars to donuts, that the vast majority of the “disturbing comments” are from bot farms in Iran or Russia, looking at amping the incident.

We have seen this in the past in the west.

Or:

 

[Oldgateboatdriver]

This wasn't acceptable in 1975 or 1995 or 2025.

Not even if you were the "Spare" going to a costumed party.

This was plain DUMB.

Yes. But the consequences for young soldier being dumb in what ought to be private circumstances does not call for punishment or administrative consequences on the level that should be meted to actual right wing supremacists.

P.S.: I know what some will say: "There is no privacy today with social media". Well that's an unfortunate fact of life because everyone needs some form of privacy where they can be with friends, shoot the breeze, bitch, goof and generally say and do dumb things in order to decompress.

 

[ArmyRick]

Yes. But the consequences for young soldier being dumb in what ought to be private circumstances does not call for punishment or administrative consequences on the level that should be meted to actual right wing supremacists.

Care to elaborate or go into more detail?