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Courage, discipline and “balls”
In 2008, whilst on a battlefield tour with some recruits from the Infantry Training Centre, Catterick, I got speaking to a British World War 2 veteran. He told me that during his time in the Army, the one thing they couldn’t teach him and his friends was how to get up and move forward when the rounds of the enemy were landing on and around their position. He went on to tell me that it took pure courage and discipline to do so – or as he put it, ” a lot of balls”. This is as true today as it ever was – as members of 4 Platoon found out, when they found themselves helping the Afghan National Police (ANP) fend off an attack on to their Check Point to the south of the village of Pupalzy. The ANP found themselves being attacked by what was assessed to be approximately 20-30 Taliban fighters.
http://britisharmy.wordpress.com/2011/07/14/courage-discipline-and-balls/
Courage, discipline and “balls”
In 2008, whilst on a battlefield tour with some recruits from the Infantry Training Centre, Catterick, I got speaking to a British World War 2 veteran. He told me that during his time in the Army, the one thing they couldn’t teach him and his friends was how to get up and move forward when the rounds of the enemy were landing on and around their position. He went on to tell me that it took pure courage and discipline to do so – or as he put it, ” a lot of balls”. This is as true today as it ever was – as members of 4 Platoon found out, when they found themselves helping the Afghan National Police (ANP) fend off an attack on to their Check Point to the south of the village of Pupalzy. The ANP found themselves being attacked by what was assessed to be approximately 20-30 Taliban fighters.
http://britisharmy.wordpress.com/2011/07/14/courage-discipline-and-balls/
