Hazing has commanded renewed attention and condemnation alike following the death of college student guo cando in this report David Santos discusses the military’s own efforts to curb the practice and the reason some are willing to submit to this kind of pain this video of newly recruited Philippine Army troops undergoing
Anti-insurgency training first went viral in 2011 groups supposedly sympathetic to the communist movement uploaded these leaked videos to warsen the military’s human rights abuse record the scenario required the trainees to pretend to be prisoners of War of the new People’s Army the graphic footage shows training officers subjecting the
Recruits to what seem to be extremely cruel exercises this Train’s Head is clamed by another soldier’s teeth while being whipped from behind other recruits also get whipped punched in the face and mocked as they scream in pain it is unclear when the footage was actually taken but the Philippine Army would like
To to believe this things do not happen anymore the 85,000 strong Army recruits up to 4,000 soldiers every year to replace either those who have retired or have become battle casualties since it underwent a massive transformation program in 2010 stricter guidelines were put in place to prevent hazing during
Training no physical contact physical exercises it’s part of the uh training and then there are some parts of the training it’s not hazing unlike fraternities the military can hold its soldiers accountable when they are accused of hazing for sociologist Clifford Serita violent as it seems fraternity hazing continues to serve as
A method of gaining acceptance into an exclusive Group which can deliver immense benefits for a member such as future favors lucrative jobs or simply a support system when one is in trouble it’s always mindset while some groups consider hazing as a tradition Sita thinks it is merely a vicious cycle that has been
Passed on from one generation to another cycle of violence Lieutenant Colonel Noel deato is a graduate of the Philippine Military Academy which for years was also hounded by rumors of hazing his batch which graduated in 1990 left a mark in the PMA when it initiated an activity that supported calls to put
An end to hazing among Cadets while he went through hazing him himself it was somehow overwhelming for deu yatu to take a stand against Brotherhood violence generally it was accepted because it was already the trend during the time it would be very challenging but it has to stop
Somewhere the cycle of violence only stops when the person last person who is the victim of violence stops that violence with him aside from the need for fraternities to acknowledge that hazing is wrong government has to make sure it punishes those who perform and tolerate it otherwise Sita says the
Cycle will go on and people will continue to suffer and die all in the name of Brotherhood and acceptance David Santos solar news
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