Danish army has arboreal smoking zone

If Danish army recruits smoke a cigarette, their commanders try to humiliate them while they do so, according to a story by Lucie Rychla for the Copenhagen Post citing Metroexpress.

Some soldiers have been told to climb trees or stand on one leg, while others have been forced to stand in a puddle or lie down with their knees over their head. A spokesperson for Danish Defence has called the practice “unacceptable”.

“During our last inspection, we discovered a number of incidents in several barracks where smokers were mistreated,” said Andreas Søndergaard Holt from Danish Defence.

According to Rychla, the rituals ‘contravene an anti-mobbing law introduced 10 years ago after several ludicrous initiations were reported involving vomit and urine’.

‘Some of them made their way onto video thanks to troops at the Grønnedal barracks in Greenland,’ she added.