Soldiers of the German armed forces Bundeswehr are seen in Oberviechtach, Germany January 19, 2017. REUTERS/Michaela Rehle
BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany's military has embarked on a series of structural reforms after a sexual abuse scandal rocked its elite special operations training centre in southern Germany, the top military officer told lawmakers in a report obtained by Reuters.
General Volker Wieker, inspector general of the German Bundeswehr, said leaders at the Pfullendorf training centre had failed to halt hazing rituals and other "demeaning and tasteless" practices involving both male and female soldiers such as the use of rectal thermometers during instruction.
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