Around 300 members of the Parachute Regiments 3rd Battalion have reportedly had operations to Bosnia and Kosovo cancelled following video footage of an apparent orgy was reported by the Times earlier this month.
The alleged ‘orgy’ at Merville Barracks prompted the Royal Military Police to launch an investigation. The Times reports that although military police determined no crime had been committed, the head of the army, Chief of General Staff, General Sir Patrick Sanders decided such behaviour was not in keeping with the values and standards of the army.
The battalion was told the news in a strongly worded letter from Lieutenant General Andrew Harrison. In the letter, also posted on twitter and the regiments official Facebook page, he said the incident at the barracks and ‘recent disciplinary incidents’ on another training exercise had consequences.
The battalion was scheduled to be sent to Kosovo this summer to take part in a NATO training operation for its Strategic Response Force, but it has now been removed from this by Sir Patrick.
