Rookie armed forces recruits are freezing as heating and hot water in their barracks breaks down as often as twice a day. New MoD figures show that at the Navy’s largest training camp at HMS Collingwood in Fareham, Hants heating systems have gone down nearly 400 times since last February.
The Mirror reports that in November engineers recorded 80 failures with another 60 during last month’s cold spell. The engineering training HQ HMS Sultan at nearby Gosport recorded 357 failures while the 2,300 air force trainees at RAF Halton in Wendover, Bucks suffered 244 breakdowns.
Insiders say the buildings are old and creaking and the facilities are not up to the job. Even the MoD concedes recruits are not being looked after as they should be.
