German military carrying out structural reforms after sexual abuse scandal | Reuters
By Andrea Shalal | BERLIN BERLIN Germany's military has embarked on a series of structural reforms after a sexual abuse scandal rocked its elite special operations training centre in southern Germany, the top military officer told lawmakers in a report obtained by Reuters.General Volker Wieker, inspector general of the German Bundeswehr, said leaders at the Pfullendorf training centre had failed to halt hazing rituals and other "demeaning and tasteless" practices involving both male and female soldiers such as the use of rectal thermometers during instruction."We will not tolerate violations of the internal leadership of the German Bundeswehr," Wieker said in the report. "Our efforts are intended to prevent future incidents of this type." German military and government officials condemned the incidents at the training centre when they first became public in January and promised serious consequences. Women account for about 11 percent of the 178,000 soldiers in the German military, though they comprise only about 2 percent of some combat units.An initial analysis showed the biggest problems involved soldiers and junior officers between the ages of 20-30 and infantry-related units and some training facilities, Wieker said in the report
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