Ok this is crazy--but true... see the video here. Please be warned - it is not pretty. Very disturbing...

A young Royal Marine is FORCED into a barbaric naked fight with another recruit and then KICKED unconscious by a superior in a brutal booze-fuelled initiation ceremony.

And the shocking ritual-covertly filmed by a commando-is alleged to be one of many imposed on recruits.

Now the film is being investigated by Ministry of Defence top brass who have confirmed it is genuine.

Our source claims the culprit holds senior rank. The Marines would not confirm his position but an MoD source said: "He's not an officer but he is an NCO."

They identified the 42 Commando marine-dressed in a blue surgeon's outfit-who carried out the attack and he is being disciplined.

But our whistleblower reveals the beating that could have KILLED the young recruit in this video is one of many chilling secret initiation ordeals he has witnessed as a marine.

A veteran of Afghanistan and Iraq, he said: "This is the worst thing I've seen happen-that's why I filmed it-but it's the tip of an iceberg.



Electrodes
"The guy laid out was inches away from being dead. Stuff like this goes on all the time-but when drink becomes involved it gets worse."

The whistleblower went on to reveal how marine recruits were:

TORTURED with shocks through electrodes attached to their genitals. FORCED to crawl naked through thorn bushes. ORDERED to jump out of bedroom windows, even though some broke their legs, and URGED to fight each other with one hand tied behind their backs.

"The top boys in the Royal Marines know this all goes on but they turn a blind eye to it," said our marine.

The violent initiation ceremony he filmed took place in May at Bickleigh Barracks, near Plymouth, home to the elite 42 Commando.

"They call them Joining Runs-or Sprog Olympics-because sprog is slang for baby and these were new recruits," said the marine.

"12 of them were taken to a barbecue on the top field with about 40 other marines watching.

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"Then the fighting started. The bloke disappeared and came back with the surgeon's outfit, mask and cap on and things really turned nasty when he ordered them to start laying into each other. You can see it on their faces in the film that they're scared."

Naked fellow marines surrounding them can be heard baying for blood as the man in the surgeon's outfit and another in a St Trinian's uniform, complete with wig and short skirt, supervise the cruel contest.

First the hapless pair have rubber mats strapped to their arms and start slugging away.

Then they are told to remove their mats and square up with bare fists before being ordered on to their knees to wrestle.

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"He could have killed the guy. If that kick caught him on the temple, that would have been it. Lights out for good.

The guy on the floor was unconscious for a couple of minutes-and was sick when he came round. He had to be helped away. His boss just stood there with a can of wifebeater (the marines' name for Stella Artois lager) while the guy was out cold, goading the others to have a go at him if they dared. But we knew we couldn't."

"I've seen new recruits have electronic pads from massage machines attached to their testicles and heads," he said.

After seeing the video, a Ministry of Defence spokesman said: "The Royal Marines take these allegations extremely seriously. The Service Police have launched an investigation."

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