If you mention the British military, perhaps in recent years have not heard any good news, not only weapons and equipment have a lot of trouble, such as: Type 45 destroyer collective nest, even British soldiers are full of problems, than: British soldiers in Afghanistan when fighting prisoners of war and other issues. Britain turned a blind eye to serious violations of discipline, first the military tried to cover them up, then the government dealt with them in a low profile, and finally the court did not want to interrogate them.
The protagonist of the event
Recently, there was a scandal, on February 14, the British media confirmed that a British Lieutenant General of the Royal Air Force was suspended, which can be regarded as the most oolong incident in Britain in 2022, only for special reasons, the lieutenant general named: Andrew was not convicted of the introduction, did not say anything wrong, but "naked" was complained. It turned out that he had a hobby of swimming naked and running naked in his yard and outside the house, and in August 2021, his behavior shocked the neighbors, according to neighbor Herbert and his family, "Andrew was completely naked and did not even wear shoes." Andrew didn't speak when he saw him, just turned and walked slowly toward his garden. He was later notified by the community asking him to apologize to his neighbors, but he did not apologize. Neighbors accused him of "evading responsibility," and Andrew did write a letter, but "only one line, not even an apology." The frightened neighbours complained to the British Army Investigation Service and reported it to the British media. He was investigated two weeks ago and subsequently suspended.
He and his neighbors are separated by a wall
According to British Lieutenant General Andrew, he has apologized to his neighbors, but because of the neighbors' complaints, the matter has been exposed. Under the media hype, he was suspended. Some people may think that according to the tradition of Western liberalism, it is appropriate to respect private territory, in their own yard, naked running, naked swimming is completely legal behavior, but unfortunately its behavior affects others can not, in their own yard naked by the neighbor can reach, so that the neighbors are frightened, then this is an illegal behavior. Logically, it is not a big deal, but the result of the treatment seems to be a little serious. It may be called: the flower of the lieutenant general withered on the "naked run", maybe it is not a big deal in the West, but it is really not a suitable behavior, or in the yard, put in other countries may be considered mentally abnormal, in the United Kingdom can only be regarded as bad habits.
The British military discipline was already messed up
No one thought that the british army had now become like this, the subordinates acted arbitrarily, the British special soldiers violated military discipline and were left unattended, the superiors were equally unscrupulous, and even the generals were some uninformed habits. Andrew, the protagonist of the incident, has participated in more than 20 RAF missions, including in Afghanistan, Kosovo and Iraq. Now that he has been punished, the attitude of the parties is surprising, and the military has suspended him, but has not issued an official statement and he has not made any comments in any way. It was only his lawyer who refuted the allegations against his client, saying they were inaccurate and unreasonable.
Can't Britain return to its former glory?
This matter can be big or big, involving the current situation of the British army, saying that it is small or small, personal small things, and perhaps more reflects the reality of the British army. If senior officers cannot restrain themselves well, how can they restrain their subordinate soldiers? This may be the so-called upper beam is not right and the lower beam is crooked.