RAF officers "need to stop flashing as it "isn’t funny", Britain’s only female military judge has warned.
Assistant Judge Advocate General Jane England described the "arrogant" behaviour as "incredibly juvenile and immature" and called for an end to it.
She was speaking as she dismissed an RAF officer for exposing himself to two female bar workers at a military bash.
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Flight Lieutenant Richard Aldridge, 39, was found guilty of planting his testicles on the bar during a boozy summer ball.
The judge told Bulford Military Court, Wilts, Flt Lt Aldridge’s case was by no means unique.
She said: "This is not the first case involving a male Royal Air Force officer at the mess.
"It is certainly not the first court martial for a Royal Air Force officer exposing.
"It needs to stop.
"It isn’t funny behaviour.
"It is incredibly juvenile and immature behaviour.
"It is arrogant because it is forcing someone else to see something they do not want to see.’’
The court heard Aldridge, who has served in Iraq and Syria, had the helped organise the shindig attended by more than 200 in the officers’ mess at MoD Boscombe Down, near Amesbury, Wilts.
He exposed himself after overhearing the two female workers complain servicemen had previously flashed at them including one officer who was doing "the helicopter with his penis".
Captain Rebecca Slee, prosecuting, said the pair discussed how they hoped "nothing like that would happen" again.
"Flt Lt Aldridge was at the bar and overheard the conversation,’’ Capt Slee said.
"He then exposed his testicles and put them on the bar.’’
One of the women, a civilian, said Aldridge put his "testicles in his hand and at the top of the bar".
"I said, 'that’s inappropriate, put them away’. He was laughing,’’ she said.
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Her colleague added: "I saw him up on the bar holding the underneath of himself. His genitals were out of his clothes.
"He had one leg on the floor and one up.
"He was very drunk and an officer took him to his room carrying him over his shoulder.’’
Aldridge denied the charge claiming he was not flexible enough’ and his uniform too tight for him to have performed the manoeuvre.
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But after a three-day trial he was found guilty of exposure though cleared of another charge of groping a woman at the bar.
Major James Eveleigh said the forces have a "zero tolerance approach to sexual offences and inappropriate behaviour" which "undermine the bond of trust for those who serve together".
In addition to being dismissed Aldridge was ordered to carry out a 10-month community order.
Last December (2022) Royal Navy Petty Officer Daniel Ball was drummed out of the military after flashing
two junior female colleagues more than 10 times on board the Type 23 frigate HMS Montrose.
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