Abstract
This article is aimed at unveiling the relationship between militarist culture and socialization processes based on suffering in the military firefighter training. To that end, we take as a paradigmatic example the case of the death of a military firefighter trainee, occurred in 2016 in the city of Cuiabá, Mato Grosso. Based on qualitative and documentary research, including a historical survey of the literature on the subject and of the legislation on the organization of military firefighters in Brazil, we analyzed the final report of the Civil Police Inquiry (IPC). It pointed out the practice of torture by an instructor (a lieutenant) of aquatic rescue. We conclude through the analysis that a pedagogy based on physical and psychic suffering found in the Armed Forces and Military Police is also part of the military firefighter training that should not be guided by ideals of war.
Keywords:
military firefighters; violence; socialization; military culture