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– Giving up your used panties can be uncomfortable and intimate, says the national union delegate in the Union Representative Scheme in the Armed Forces, Anette Hyldmo.
In the Armed Forces, you are given equipment when you enter the service, which you must deliver again when you graduate. With the exception of tight clothing such as panties and socks.
Now, however, the corona pandemic has led to delays in deliveries, which means large deficiencies are expected in items close to the body, according to Hyldmo.
The Norwegian Armed Forces Logistics Organization (FLO) provides clothing for initial service.
– To ensure that those who enter the service in the new year get a good team, FLO has decided that those who graduate in December 2020 to August 2021 must turn in absolutely all clothing, says Hyldmo.
As usual, new soldiers in service for the first time are given tight clothing that is not worn. Panties and socks are now used.
It was the Forum of the Armed Forces that first wrote about the case.
It’s not the first time
This is not the first time the Armed Forces have had a clothing shortage, emphasizes Anette Hyldmo. Earlier this year, there were major problems with soldiers not getting the clothes they should have.
– Often it has been wool socks. And it is always the soldiers who are in the first service who suffer it, since the Armed Forces cannot prioritize them.
Now it happens again and many of the soldiers react.
National union steward Anette Hyldmo reacts to the fact that soldiers must present items near their bodies when they graduate.
Photo: Armed Forces
– We believe that FLO should take responsibility for your deviations and plan better. No one can plan for a corona pandemic, but we see it in the context that this has happened before. And then the corona pandemic isn’t a good enough argument, says Hyldmo.
Hans Meisingset is responsible for communications at FLO. It says the measure is temporary and will only last until the summer of 2021.
– Due to delivery problems, we have seen it necessary to implement this measure to ensure that soldiers receive equipment in the event of an incursion, he says.
Delivery problems already arose in 2019, according to Meisingset. Then the soldiers had to wash their own clothes. Which, among other things, led to outbreaks of scabies and athlete’s foot.
– The reason is that we have gone from having large stocks in the Armed Forces, to having smaller stocks. Then we got to a point where we had trouble complying, he says.
Fear the consequences
Anette Hyldmo fears that soldiers arriving for first duty in the new year will prefer to wear civilian clothes.
– If they are in the field and suffer an occupational clothing injury, they do not receive compensation from the Armed Forces for not having worn clothing typical of the Armed Forces.
Meisingset says that FLO is working to solve the challenge.
– We have had good deliveries in 2020, much better than in 2019, so we feel we are on the right track. We have shopped to build inventory and continue to do so.
– Do you understand that it is uncomfortable for someone to have to wear other people’s underwear?
– I can understand that this is perceived as unfavorable, but traditionally it has been the arrangement that tight-fitting clothing is also returned and reused, says Meisingset who assures soldiers that the clothing that is delivered is washed, cleaned and check its quality.
