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National Post
3 days ago
- Politics
- National Post
Ottawa soldiers warned after explicit photos sent to commanding officer
Soldiers who posted antisemitic, misogynistic and racist comments on social media warned each other not to take photos of their wild antics because of previous complaints in which images of their genitals were sent to their commanding officer. Article content The posts by the soldiers from the Cameron Highlanders of Ottawa indicated they knew what they were doing was wrong but their focus was on not getting caught. Article content Article content Article content 'No f–king pictures in the mess,' wrote one soldier. 'There should be 0 photographic evidence of anything we get up to in that room. We don't need anymore pictures of penises going to the CO (commanding officer).' Article content The soldiers operated what they call the Blue Hackle Mafia Facebook group. They have posted images of male soldiers in uniform exposing their genitals, others posing naked with Canadian Forces weapons or simulating sexual acts with each other in uniform. Some of the photos were taken at military installations. Article content The images of posts obtained by the Ottawa Citizen show the group has been operating longer than previously believed — some of the posts date back to 2007 and indicate there have already been previous investigations into the group. Article content Article content Still a decade later the soldiers were continuing, although concerned that incriminating evidence of their activities could surface. 'Basically anything bad to happen to any military unit in the last 25 years is because some asshole didn't put his camera away,' one soldier commented in October 2017. Article content In another comment from July 2015, a soldier provides an official Canadian Forces government email to where military personnel can send 'dic (sic) pics.' Article content Complaints were made in December 2024 to military police about the Blue Hackle Mafia group, Department of National Defence spokesperson Andrée-Anne Poulin confirmed in an email.
Yahoo
04-07-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
RCMP say they're ready for bigger role in Nova Scotia
The province's commanding officer says the force has been working to address recommendations made by the public inquiry into the mass shooting of 22 people five years ago. Gareth Hampshire has the story.
