NAKED EXERCISES NOT MILITARY STYLE - SANDF.
The military has joined the controversy over South African rugby's much-maligned "Kamp Staaldraad", albeit only for the record.
SA National Defence Force spokesman Major-General Mohato Mofokeng found the "media hype" on the "military-style" training camp amusing - but sadly inaccurate.
Video footage taken at the camp and published afterwards show the pride of South African rugby taking part naked in some gruelling exercises.
Mofokeng said in a statement: "In the interests of accuracy and to slice through all this hype and sensation, I would like to point out that the SANDF does not train its people naked."
As far as he knew, other military organisations also avoided such practices, said the general
He added: "Hard training, yes. Deprivation training, perhaps. But naked, definitely not. Conditions in the field are not generally kind to the naked human form."
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28 Novembre 2003 à 13:23 dans
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