Posted on 01/08/2022 6:52:49 PM PST by dynachrome
Norwegian conscripts are to return their underwear after completing military service for the next recruits, as the army struggles with dwindling supplies due to Covid.
Norway, which guards Nato’s northern borders and shares a border with Russia, calls up about 8,000 young men and women for military service every year and until recently allowed newly discharged conscripts to leave barracks with the underwear they were issued.
But the pandemic has seriously strained the flow of supplies with factory shutdowns and transport problems, leading the Norwegian military to ask conscripts to hand over underwear, including bras and socks.
Though originally voluntary, it has now been made mandatory, public broadcaster NRK reported on Friday.
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Norwegians who only enlisted for the underwear are going to be upset.
cause of the coof... WTF???
BY the ye, is Petey back from maternity leave yet?
I’ll be brief in my remarks.
bummer
I didn't know that!
I knew a Marine "Raider" who, while on a mission scouting out some terrain on some gawd-forsaken Pacific islet in WWII, found the skeletonized body of a fellow Marine, and took his uniform because it was in better condition than his own.
Regards,
It looks like Norway is taking it in the shorts.
Sorry.
One pair of underpants is good for 4 days.
Right side out, frontward.
Right side out, backwards.
INside out, frontward.
Inside out, backwards.
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