Australia Defence Force has a "torture-style" training that has been quite controversial. The outside world questioned that this training caused many soldiers to suffer serious physical and psychological harm.
Recently, British media reported that at least 45 Australian Defense Forces soldiers committed suicide after receiving "captured training".
A former Australian Defense Force soldier named DePier, who once publicly accused the content of the training, said 45 suicides were "extremely miserable". He had complained to the Australian Human Rights Commission and was later prepared to file a lawsuit in the Australian Federal Court.
What is this cruel and disgraceful "captured training"? Why does it leave such a serious psychological shadow and even choose to give up your life?
The "captured training" in Australia was actually reported in a few months earlier. At that time, Deppier was interviewed by British media. He revealed that this training was to allow soldiers to resist the enemy's interrogation after being captured, but the content of the training was very cruel, such as deliberately leaving soldiers under torture conditions for 72 hours. The last stage of
training is a link called "humiliation experience". DePierre recalled that he was forced to use props, that is, a doll, to simulate sexual assault of a young girl. He was already unconscious because he had not slept for a long time. He said the instructor who played the interrogator told him that if he didn't do so, his comrades would be killed. And DePyre, who was in a daze, really thought that his comrades would be killed because of this.
DePier is not the only soldier to be troubled by "captured training". A soldier named Donaldson publicly stated in 2016 that he had been humiliated for 96 hours during anti-interrogation training, saying that these things were disturbing and the actions of those abusers were "disgusting".
Veteran Kilk also accused that this harsh training caused several recruits to commit suicide. He said that many recruits had committed suicide, but the instructor asked them not to report their psychological problems, otherwise they would be fired and responded with the statement that "this is a normal result caused by high-intensity training."
According to the British Mirror, the so-called "captured training" is a training program implemented by the Australian Defence Force since 2001. The training is divided into three levels of ABC, with the lowest level of A and the highest level of C and the most controversial.
In 2017, Australia's Senate began to investigate whether the Australian Ministry of Defense complies with international obligations. Councilman Jaki Lambi once revealed that when the soldiers were undergoing this training, they were stripped off their clothes, handcuffed and eye masked, and were abused by fire water pipes and police dogs barking loudly around them.
The evidence released by the Senate also proves that some soldiers were indeed asked not to sleep or eat when they were trained, which led to hallucinations among them.
However, after Deppier's allegations, the Australian Ministry of Defense said it had reviewed the course and believed it was in line with Australia's domestic law and international obligations. The department dedicated to the training also issued a statement stating that the training was not compulsive, but voluntary, and that if soldiers believe it posed a threat to their health, they had the right to stop. And they also said that medical staff and psychologists were provided during training.
Even if they "cleared" for themselves like this, some people still objected. Dr Scully, who served as a medical officer for the Australian Defence Force, said that although he did not see the training scenes that simulated the rape of a young girl, he had seen a half-naked soldier fixed to the wall and subjected to a fire hose. However, because the Australian military has a strict hierarchy, even medical staff and psychologists are around, there is no power to intervene.
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