Tuesday, October 27, 2009

Swedish soldiers forced to train in soleless boots

[Another one, reported the same day as above]
Shortages in standard issue military clothing have forced Swedish conscripts to wash their uniforms at home and train in boots without soles.

''The soldiers’ boots lacked soles and in some cases had been previously issued to other soldiers up to eight times,''

Nitz writes in his report. Furthermore, the regiment is so short on uniforms that soldiers are forced to continue wearing their only set of military clothing for days on end without washing...

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