I did, but not in war ofc. I was just a regular levi on a regular regiment, tough I served as a reserve officer cadet (since I was already a graduate) and enjoyed my time very much after the initial mandatory 6 weeks training.
What you're talking about is pretty commonly seen in what we would call the "special regiments" such as the Folgore Paratroopers or the Navy raiders. In those regiments they apply the strictest discipline and there's no time at all for fun, jokes or whatever. I remember well a case: it was an interforce drill, we were on the ground as the regular Army and the guys from the Folgore had to do some drops in specific areas, then reach some specific targets and later we would join them as regular infantry. Well one of those groups did arrive late, because during the drop one of the lads (the machine-gunner actually) broke his ankle: the procedure requires that the rest of the team has to drag the wounded member to the target location with all his equipment in perfect conditions and
in time with the schedule.
As I said they did arrive late, like less than 1 hour (it's was a 3 days mission for them, so I really think they managed to make a miracle to be there with only less than one hour of delay), but well their commanding officer (a mother
ing Captain) did immediately put them in punishment so that to prevent them to partake in the second part of the drill, because he not only wanted to punish them afterwards, but also wanted to shame them to the upmost level by not allowing them to complete the mission.
This is the kind of pressure those lads (20ish) have to deal with, no surprise that most of them either quit or become crazy fanatical dudes.
As for me I did have at the time the idea to remain in the Army as a Liaison Officer, after I saw that I just sent all of them to
and went bowling.
Does this still happen in some armies in the world?
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