Guest 674- Registered: 25 Jun 2008
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10 August 2009
06:5626933#1
On the news was one of the bravest guys around, serving for his country he stepped on a landmine and lost both legs and an arm.
Today 11 months later he's back at work with the marines.
What a great determined guy.
We don't real have any problems when you look at this case
Guest 653- Registered: 13 Mar 2008
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10 August 2009
07:2426940#2
That takes incredible mental strength as well as the physical.
You could argue - and many do, that if they had enough helicopters etc. there wouldn't be half the deaths and injuries that there are.
But you are right Keith, a very brave and determined man.
Roger
Guest 674- Registered: 25 Jun 2008
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10 August 2009
07:2626942#3
There are alternative arguements to this as well Roger
but on this one, this guy has showed the determination a great guy
Guest 653- Registered: 13 Mar 2008
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10 August 2009
07:2926944#4
Do you mean about the helicopters, or about being there in the first place ?
Roger
Guest 674- Registered: 25 Jun 2008
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10 August 2009
07:3526946#5
I think I will stick to the thread of the brave ness of this guy, otherwise this thread will get bogged down with political comments
So well done that guy
Guest 655- Registered: 13 Mar 2008
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10 August 2009
08:1526948#6
Yes, lets keep to the thread.
This chap is a great role model for so many and a real credit to the Royal Marines and this country.
Guest 655- Registered: 13 Mar 2008
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10 August 2009
16:1826963#7
I see that the identity of another dead soldier has been released. This lad, 23 years old, died while helping retrieve the body of an allied Afghan army soldier in an action where 3 Afghan soldiers were also killed, holding to that old code of not leaving a friend behind for the enemy, dead or alive.
What these lads are doing out there is simply staggering. You have to watch Ross Kemp's two series when he was in 'the 'ghan' to understand and appreciate just a little of what they are doing. I read his book too, I recommend it. These lads in the British Army today really are proving themselves true decendants of those who fought at Waterloo, Rorkes Drift, the Somme and Arnhem.
Guest 684- Registered: 26 Feb 2009
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10 August 2009
16:4126964#8
The heroic and brave boys and girls in Afghanistan deserve all our support, love and respect. What they are doing is so humbling and so brave, compared with the likes of us silly sedentary desk monkeys rattling on on the stupid interweb. Never forget.