Defence chiefs are said to be ‘furious’ about the footage, that has been watched more than 250,000 times on the Forces Bible Facebook page, and are trying to track down the corporal involved. Sources says the Army instructor could face the sack after he appeared to use a phone to film as he launched into a torrent of verbal abuse during a bayonet exercise. He should not have filmed the recruit during her training, with or without her consent, sources told the Mail on Sunday. The soldier is repeatedly told: ‘You are fucking weak’ The female recruit is named in the footage which has been shared and ‘liked’ thousands of times over the past three days. Former head of the Army, Lord Dannatt, has viewed the clip and branded it ‘totally unacceptable’. ISIS fighter 'sent teen who plotted terror attack pictures of Kalashnikov' It comes just weeks after a widespread advertising campaign aimed at targeting recruits from different backgrounds, genders, sexualities and faiths. Among films produced as part of the new campaign, which cost around £1.6million, was one encouraging soldiers to show their feelings, that asked: ‘What if I get emotional in the Army?’. In the video in question, the corporal feigns sympathy and mocks the female recruit after she bursts into tears. She is repeatedly called ‘fucking weak’. The recruit bursts into tears as she is told to show her war face Lord Dannet told the Mail: ‘I hope the identity of the corporal is discovered very quickly and that he is removed from the Army at the earliest possible moment. ‘Tomorrow would be a day too late. This kind of behaviour is totally unacceptable.’ Every Army recruit is taught to use a bayonet – a short knife which can be attached to a rifle – as part of basic training. Recruits are expected to show aggression and thrust their bayonets repeatedly into mock enemy targets. Tory MP Johnny Mercer, who as an Army officer fought the Taliban at close quarters in Afghanistan, said bayonet training had to be brutal, but he criticised the instructor’s decision to record the exercise.
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