Posted on 02/02/2024 7:27:53 PM PST by MinorityRepublican
Every six months, approximately 130,000 Russian conscripts are called up for their year of service, where most of them will face sadistic hazing. In Russian, it’s called dedovshchina, a brutal internal army regime that began in Soviet times but is thoroughly embedded in modern military culture.
Western militaries have worked hard to reduce bullying and hazing in the ranks with some, but not complete, success. But in Russia’s army, dedovshchina is a unique cultural staple and a formative part of the military identity.
Multiple sources, both those who served in Soviet times and those with experience in the modern Russian Armed Forces, have described this hazing to me as not just a byproduct of service but as a deliberate part of Russian military indoctrination. (I interviewed these sources during my history studies and early journalism work on this subject and reached back out to many for this piece.) The same attitude is expressed all over the Russian internet.
In 2006, as Lenta.ru reported, the then-prosecutor-general of Russia, Vladimir Ustinov, even admitted in a speech to President Vladimir Putin and his prosecutor colleagues that he “is unable to do anything about the criminality in the armed forces.”
The survivors of this hazing say the main goal is to break young men. They are turned into submissive, intimidated, and obedient drones who will not ask unnecessary questions nor show any independent thought or initiative.
The methods are brutal. Take punching the plywood, used as a so-called toughness training exercise and also as a form of collective punishment. Service members stand in formation in a single line at attention. An authority figure passing by the formation hits each of the standing service members in the chest with the butt of an AKM assault rifle until the bolt jerks in the frame.
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The key fact is every 6 months they draft 130K guys.
This is why they have about 20 million Reservists, who have all completed a year of active duty/training, available for mobilization.
And it’s why Putin’s election opponents are displeased he only mobilized 300K. There were millions upon millions that could be mobilized and he didn’t do it.
Not altogether clear why. After the March election one must presume some changes will take place.
(this is a genuine recruiting ad for the UK army) 
bkmk
Looks Fabulous!!
My brother’s theory is all the D&D goofs stuffed into lockers with a wedgie are now taking their revenge with useless tech and the woke stuff.
Horrors! Conscripts in Russia, allegedly, are being treated like college freshman joining a fraternity...Who the hell cares?
Maybe you and every other American should give a damn far more about drug traffickers and criminals illegal flowing over the borders and killing US citizens.
Or the exploding crime rates in big US cities.
Or the record number of homeless in this country.
Or the inflation rate that is still resulting in Americans struggling to make ends meet.
If you're wasting time fretting about this, MOVE TO RUSSIA and start a coup against Putin and see how it goes.
Not even one military sanctioned trans twerking event in any of the Russian barracks! Oh my, so Stalinesque! That must really offend your delicate western sensibilities.
Western Military Basic Training:
The new Woke CO announced there would be a Drag Race on Saturday night.
And everyone was looking forward to it until they found out what it was.
It was formerly the owner of The Washington Post newspaper and Newsweek magazine.
You mean that they are requires to serve in the military like Israel does & we used to do. How inhuman. At least they are not grabbing them off the streets like Ukraine is.
I see guys that look like this all the time. Something is wrong.
Target their officers.
So your belief is that you and those on your side are the
only ones who are tuned into a myriad of bad things that
are taking place these days. Good grief that’s shallow.
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