Seven highly trained soldiers have come forward with allegations of severe bullying by an army officer, which prompted six of them to retire early. A submission to the Defence Forces tribunal highlights their previously exemplary records, which were tarnished as they were demoted and reassigned to menial tasks. The submission also describes retaliation against complainants, including threats and harassment, as their formal complaints were ignored. The claimants faced dismissive treatment from military doctors, with one ridiculing their documented stress symptoms as trivial, further compounding the trauma experienced.
When informal and formal complaints of abuse were made against an army officer, the submission alleges that two of them received telephone texts and threats.
The claimants alleged that informal and formal complaints of abuse were 'wholly futile' and escalated the abuse, according to the submission.
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