In one of the worst scandals to hit the Navy, the crew from HMS Vigilant (pictured) were sent home and kicked out of the service after cocaine was found in their blood
Daily Mail: HMS Sex and Cocaine: Navy kicks nine sailors off nuclear submarine for testing positive for drugs after 'rowdy parties' while four officers are removed amid 'affairs' scandal
* HMS Vigilant crew kicked out of Navy after the class A drug found in their blood
* They are alleged to had drug-fuelled parties while submarine was docked in US
* Lt Cdr Michael Seal has been removed amid claims of affair with a female officer
* Alleged to have been with Lt Hannah Litchfield, who has also been taken off sub
Nine British servicemen have been thrown off a nuclear submarine at the centre of a sex probe, after testing positive for cocaine while on duty.
In one of the worst scandals to hit the Navy, the crew from HMS Vigilant – which carries the Trident nuclear deterrent – were sent home and kicked out of the service after the class A drug was found in their blood.
They are alleged to have had drug-fuelled parties while the submarine was docked in the US to pick up nuclear warheads. One man is said to have had sex with a prostitute in a swimming pool.
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WNU Editor: What were these sailors thinking?
Update: Oh oh .... the Royal Navy has a problem .... Navy kicked out 80 sailors over failed drugs tests last year: Figure doubled from 2015 with a quarter of those sacked serving on nuclear submarines (Daily Mail).
More News On The U.K. Navy Kicking Nine Sailors Off Nuclear Submarine For Rowdy Parties And Cocaine Use
Nuclear sub sailors fired after 'absolutely disgraceful' parties with a prostitute and cocaine -- Washington Post
Navy discharges nine submariners from nuclear vessel over drugs -- The Guardian
HMS Vigilant: Nine sailors sacked after failing drugs tests -- BBC News
Nuclear submarine sailor 'stole from prostitute' -- The Times
Nuclear Submarine Personnel Dismissed After Drug-Fueled Parties -- International Business Times
New shame of HMS Cocaine: Sailor on disgraced nuclear submarine paid prostitute £120 for sex and then stole the money back from her... before giving US police a fake name when she reported him -- Daily Mail
British Navy servicemen test positive for cocaine while manning nuclear-armed submarine -- International Business Times
No surprise here. The rampant drug use in the UK is underreported, really. The Britts do a great job at selling themselves as serious people - and they absolutely can be and have great thinkers - but man do they love their drugs. Having lived years in the UK I'm amazed how well this country manages to hide/balance their love for drugs with decent work ethics. They party all the time, take drugs all the time, but come to the office at 9 and will do their job. The problem is that if you're in the military you're not just responsible for finishing work on time. There has to be low tolerance. Zero tolerance is impossible in the uk for drugs as even many of the commanding officers will be taking drugs for sure - at the highest levels even more so (they looove drugs over there and kinky parties). So yeah, don't expect this problem to go away any time soon
ReplyDeleteHaving said that. ..I'm not 100% sure about the effect of cocaine (haven't tried), but heard it's a drug that makes you more aggressive, self confident and an asshole (Charlie Sheen type but worse)...imagine what other nations must think if the nuclear arsenal of the UK (which is shared with /through the US) is under command of drug users - cocaine users even! While I do respect the uk immensely, they need to reinvent themselves and quickly. I hope that the brexit debacle accelerates their self-finding trip (pun intended)
ReplyDeleteDrug use is unacceptable when your in charge of such weapons and responsible for the protection of a country. Where the use of prostitutes is not an issue (unless your the wife of a submariner using one) with regards to both the commander and and the assistant commander having relationships with two female officers ,I believe relationships among crew at any level while on deployment are unacceptable and unfair to other crew who may be missing their loved ones or just missing the intamacy of a partner. This most certainly would lead to low moral where 5 officers threatened to quit and another went awol home to see his girlfriend. The females involved are as much to blame as the men in this affair. If the woman are old enough being 25 and 27 and capable enough to become weapons engineering officers then I think they knew what they were doing. There are soldiers in the military facing combat in places like Iraq who are much younger than those females involved. Just a case of lack of discipline and lack of respect for others by all parties. I feel sorry for those left behind at home.
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