12 DAYS (FOR THE 2ND TIME) IN MILITARY PRISON

[♔Chello]

12 DAYS (FOR THE 2ND TIME) IN MILITARY PRISON

After serving in the Norwegian Coast Guard for a year, I had leave and went home.
While I was home, a general transport strike broke out, so that all public transport came to a standstill.
This was still going on when my leave ended, and I took the opportunity to work.

After working and having illegal leave for 11 days over time (there was still a strike), the head of the Coast Guard called and asked where I was.
I said that all public transport was suspended as a result of the general strike, and that I therefore could not go anywhere.
He scolded me, and demanded that I show up at the boat immediately.
I was cursed at, and said that then I would have to swim, whereupon he threatened that there would be consequences for this.

The next day, 2 non-uniformed policemen were waiting for me when I came home from work and handcuffed me.
They transported me many miles to a place outside Bergen, where 3 military police took over.
They placed me in the back seat with 1 MP on each side, and forced my head between my legs (my hands were handcuffed behind my back), and I had to sit like this for many miles without being able to move.

When we arrived at the camp outside Bergen late at night, the entire camp was in a state of emergency with armed MPs outside the guardhouse, which also housed the local prison.

Later I learned that the reason for this brutal treatment was because they lacked papers on who I was and what I had done, and therefore treated me as a possible terrorist.
I was accommodated in the prison that was emptied of other prisoners because I had to be completely isolated.

During the 12 days I was there, I saw no people; only when I was given food and an outdoor walk for 1 hour every day.
Even the MPs avoided all contact.

After 12 days I was released, and could move freely in the camp, and found an empty dormitory with 100 beds where I lay and did nothing..!
After a few days the camp commander appeared, and asked why I was lying there, and tried to order me to get up and follow his further orders.
I refused to get up, and said that since I did not belong there, he had no authority to order me to do anything.

He left, but after a few days he returned with 2 officers, and showed me a document that said that I had been transferred from the Coast Guard to his camp, and had also obtained a report that another commander had written earlier.
He waved it triumphantly, and said that if I now refused to obey his orders, I would be transferred to a civilian prison for at least a year.
I found it best to do as he said, because I had the maximum number of (6) convictions, and a seventh would automatically result in civil imprisonment.

This was at the end of my mandatory service time, and I was held for 14 days overtime as punishment.

[⚅Graham UK]

I was a good boy so did not have your problems.
At the age of 18 in the UK, males had to do 2 years National Service.
I went into the Royal Airforce.
After 8 weeks square bashing (name for basic training)
I already held a motorcycle licence so I was sent on an indepth 10 weeks advanced Driving Course
which I loved and which gave me after the 10 weeks a full UK Driving Licence.
I was posted to Germany for the remaining 18 months.
Those 2 years in RAF gave me confidence to make decisions for the rest of my life.

[♔Chello]

I was a good boy so did not have your problems.
At the age of 18 in the UK, males had to do 2 years National Service.
I went into the Royal Airforce.
After 8 weeks square bashing (name for basic training)
I already held a motorcycle licence so I was sent on an indepth 10 weeks advanced Driving Course
which I loved and which gave me after the 10 weeks a full UK Driving Licence.
I was posted to Germany for the remaining 18 months.
Those 2 years in RAF gave me confidence to make decisions for the rest of my life.

⚅Graham


I was also a good boy before my military service.
I had a well-paid, secure job and my own apartment.

When I was drafted, I felt like I had to put my whole life on hold for 15 months.
It didn't get any better when I was forced to run 3,000 meters, even though I had just had my appendix removed.
I experienced everything as a kindergarten where officers behaved like power-hungry, spoiled brats.

The Norwegian Prime Minister closed down my company while I was in the military, and I had no job to look forward to, and the State did nothing to compensate.
That's why I tried to enlist early, but due to my military record with 6 convictions, this was impossible.

And because I was held 14 days overtime, all jobs were taken when I finished my military service.
I still got a job pretty quickly on my own initiative - the State did nothing to help.