Eight British soldiers sent home after stripping in bar (incident occurred in Norway)

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[NormsRevenge]

LONDON (AFP) - Eight British soldiers have been forced to return home from Norway after they reportedly stripped naked and urinated on each other in a bar during an Arctic training exercise, the defence ministry confirmed Tuesday.

"It's being taken extremely seriously," a spokesman for the defence ministry in London said.

He continued: "We can confirm that eight soldiers from 59 Commando Regiment Royal Engineers were arrested by the Norwegian police following inappropriate behaviour.

"All eight soldiers have been released, having paid a fine. The soldiers were in Norway on exercises and have now returned to the UK.

"The unit will consider internal disciplinary action against the soldiers regarding this incident."

The Daily Mail newspaper reported on Tuesday, citing local media reports, that the men had carried out their antics on February 27 at the Sfinx Bar in the town of Harstad.

They were arrested by local police later in the evening.

"They were drunk and there was a problem in the bar, but we are quite used to dealing with British soldiers like this," Harstad police spokesman Gair Pederson was quoted by the Daily Mail as saying.

[NormsRevenge]

sorry, no pics.

[RichInOC]

Mister Alcohol is not always your friend.

[martin_fierro]

When he heard the news, he cried himself to sleep.

[flying Elvis]

Another reason Britain is going down the tubes. This is something their sergeant should take care of, not some bureaucrat in the MOD.

[miliantnutcase]

You could only imagine what it was like aboard a Royal Navy ship in the 1700’s...hehe

[Mr. Brightside]

They stripped naked then urinated on each other?

Sheesh! Who hasn’t done that before?

[Thrownatbirth]

Maybe it was in the manual.

[fieldmarshaldj]

Pissing on each other is an Arctic training exercise ?

[Mr. Brightside]

stripped naked and urinated on each other in a bar during an Arctic training exercise

Shrinkage ALERT!!!!!

[PUGACHEV]

As someone once said, like a stormy marriage, it must have seemed like a good idea at the time.

[EagleUSA]

*** THE FULL MONTY ***

[RichInOC]

"They were drunk and there was a problem in the bar, but we are quite used to dealing with British soldiers like this," Harstad police spokesman Gair Pederson was quoted by the Daily Mail as saying.

Too much information, Officer. Way too much information.

[eldoradude]

Nothing particularly strange until the peeing on each other. WTF? I can understand drinking, getting too hot and removing some clothing...and ya gotta go but...damn not on each other!

Reminds me of Dirty Ernie. Dirty Ernie was this kid in school who was a little off if you know what I mean. He told the teacher one time, "I gotta take a piss." She said, "Now Ernie, that's crude. You should say 'urinate' instead." Dirty Ernie looked at her for a moment and then replied, "You're an eight. But if you had bigger tatas you would be a ten."

[lightman]

What happens in Norway should stay in Norway.

[Grizzled Bear]

“This can’t be real” Ping!

[Snardius]

I guess that’s what the British call “getting pissed”...

[Liberty Valance]

Naughty, naughty boys.

[purpleraine]

anyone who strips in Norway should be sentenced to stand outside.

[17th Miss Regt]

It teaches you how to recognize yellow snow. It was part of the training exercise on ‘Identifying safe sources of drinking water’.