Well, here’s something you don’t see every day. The news.au.com published a story talking about an Australian Special Forces soldier who stepped down after he was identified as the one drinking out of the prosthetic leg of a dead man. The photo was taken of him while he was serving in Afghanistan.
Special forces soldier steps down after drinking out of dead man’s fake leg
One of Australia’s top special forces soldiers has stood down after a shocking photo emerged of him drinking from a prosthetic leg belonging to a dead Afghan man.
Warrant Officer John Letch, Command Sergeant Major of Special Operations Command, has stepped down from his duties and is now considering his options following the photo controversy, according to The Australian.
The publication also revealed former Special Air Service Regiment and Special Operations Task Group commander Jono Beesley has stepped down following the publication of the Brereton Report.
A pixelated photo of Warrant Officer Letch drinking out of the fake leg of a dead man in Afghanistan was published by The Guardian earlier this month.
In case some of you need a rule of thumb: A lady’s high heel – yes. A fake leg – no.
Crikey!
So, Aussies are not allowed to drink during deployment?
I am pretty sure those dudes where drinking over there, and not just alcohol colored blue and smuggled as mouthwash.
*COUGH*. Peppermint Schnapps with a hit of food coloring? PERISH THE THOUGHT!
I don’t think it was the drinking they had a problem with!!!
I seem to recall them having one of the best stocked bars, during my time in Afghanistan…next to the Dutch!
Of course I “never” partook, just enjoyed the company with a Coca-Cola (as per photo evidence will show).
Canadian Club = Listerine.
Yeah. I agree with the article. It is shocking to see Soldiers violating General Order number 1 and drinking alcohol while deployed.
I’d be concerned about how sanitary said fake leg could possibly be to drink from.
“This beer tastes like somebody’s taint!”
Oi, Mate, that could make ya chunder now – couldn’t it?
Why does this make me think of A Christmas Story? Frag-eeelaaaay.
It’s a MAJOR AWARD!
It’s that time of the year and this is the best gift ever. I’m so glad I didn’t have to post this.
You guys rock.
I always counted on the Aussies for contraband booze…..
Maybe the dead Afghan was Afghan army Leg.
Drinks like a man with a hollow leg…
That’s some costly Foster’s legger beyuh. Crikey ,mate.
“is now considering his options”
Podiatry? Salesman at LLBean? Bartender?
Something more green like recycling prosthetics?
The world as we know it is no longer fun.
F&^k off.
Check your cameras and phones at the door, you ain’t F*&king up my life with that shite.
Lesson learned? Skip Leg Day in the field.
I read somewhere long ago that a British regiment drinks a toast at their dining ins from napoleons chamberpot captured at waterloo
Just like a sergeant major, always a leg up on everyone else in the battalion…
Unprofessional clown.
I guess mead from a cup made out of the skulls of mine enemy is a no go now? Pity.
The reason we have so many snowflakes these days is possibly due to not drinking from the skulls of our enemies. YMMV.
Wonder if it was Foster’s?
I’ve seen grunts in the E-club pull a boot and sock off one of their guys, put the sock in the boot and fill it with beer. They then wrung the sock out in the boot and passed it around drinking from it. They were fresh from the field too. Never a leg from a dead man though.
So was the dead man an enemy combatant … or a collateral-damage kill? That’s probably the reason.
What is the big deal, it’s not like the Afghan guy needed it anymore and the beer might have been as close to a cleaning as it ever got.
That will cost him a leg and maybe an arm.
Jake Leg in it’s truest form…Look it up….
I think it’s Italian…
Fra Jee Lay….