Some people have even gone so far as to suggest that the Commanding Officers of Deepcut are in some way responsible, and that it is remarkable that they appear to have Teflon'd their way out of any trouble.
I happened to be at Sennybridge in the summer of 1981. Also there was a battle camp for recruits (luckily I can't remember which regt.). At 0200 their Sergeant thought it would be a good idea to rouse them all and beast them up and down the hill at the rear of the huts. These lads had been out on the (live) and very wet ranges all day, and were due out again the next day. Beasting them was doing nothing for their skills or for safety.
Luckily for me there was with us an SAS WO2 - who went out and got the lads back to bed, and then had a robust conversation with their Sergeant.
An abusive culture seemed to be accepted in some locations - and you can draw your own conclusions what may result from that.