First Military Cross awarded to a female

[Satch]

Lost in all the noise of the Budget con tricks as delivered by a man with the social skills of a Stalinist whelk is this

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/west_midlands/6476635.stm

Michelle Norris, 19. Well done, that girl.

 

[sye73]

Nice find Satch -
Repect where its due. The girl did good and deserves to be honored.

 

[pammy]

indeed - respect girl

 

[Traveller]

Well done Michelle Norris, truly a hero, a word used very loosely nowadays, however, she was and deserves her honour and reward.
Pity the media don't cover things like this a little better, good girl.

 

[glojo]

Lost in all the noise of the Budget con tricks as delivered by a man with the social skills of a Stalinist whelk

Michelle Norris, 19. Well done, that girl.

Totally agree. It is more than wrong to have arranged this ceremony when they did

Still she is just a hero, so I suppose it makes sense. I've just saved 2p in the budget and that is a far bigger headline than this extremely brave young lady.

Fifty cheers to her,
THANK YOU VERY MUCH for the exellent link

Regards
John

 

[wobbly]

A brave girl, deserves everyones respect.

 

[BTB 500]

Speaking after the ceremony she said she had not realised at the time she was being shot at.

 

[glojo]

Having a helicopter hovering in the close proximately, plus the adrenaline of the situation.

There is never a more true statement. You never hear the bullet that kills you!

She is without doubt a credit to herself, her uniform and her family. I salute her.


John the hero worshipper

 

[Shude]

I'm with you.

She earned her honour by climbing aboard a vehicle to give her commander first aid while coming under enemy fire in Iraq in June last year.

When her commander was shot and seriously injured she braved a hail of bullets to climb on top of the vehicle to treat him.

It was only afterwards that I really realised how close it was

I'd have kept quiet about not knowing I was being shot at! Not to make light of the situation or indeed the award but it doesn't sound like bravery at all when you find out she didn't think she was in any danger at the time.

 

[Brian WH]

And which minister/senior officer said that women soldiers are not in the frontline????

 

[glojo]

I'm with you.


I'd have kept quiet about not knowing I was being shot at! Not to make light of the situation or indeed the award but it doesn't sound like bravery at all when you find out she didn't think she was in any danger at the time.

Hopefully no one will keep quiet about the ultimate sacrifice these four individuals made. The nurse this time was not as lucky as her extremely brave colleague who somehow had the courage to remain calm in what were best described as murderous conditions. My thoughts and prayers go out to all the kith and kin of these soldiers that have made the ultimate sacrifice.

Eleanor Dlugosz
Private Dlugosz, at the age of 19, is the youngest woman to have died in the war so far. The teenager, from Southampton, first arrived in Iraq in November as part of the Royal Army Medical Corps before returning to the UK in January to take a Class 1 medics course. Having completed the course, she returned to Iraq last month to provide medical support to troops on patrol in Basra for the first time.
http://static.sky.com/images/pictures/1520638.jpg

 

[Flasheart]

2 stories for you from the US Mil side of how silly it can get.

1. A Lt Colonel got the Purple Heart for getting what was essentially a black eye. He was riding in a Striker and they came under sporadic and poorly aimed fire. One round hit a sandbag mounted on the top of the vehicle, spraying dirt around. in the dirt was a small pebble and this hit him just under the eye leaving a small nick and a big bruise.

2. A Major got the Bronze Star for as one of my colleagues put it 'lying on the ground screaming bravely and bleeding a lot' post an IED going off.

 

[Flasheart]

And which minister/senior officer said that women soldiers are not in the frontline????

Where is the frontline? Its a moot point as there isn't one in classic terms. No forward or rear echelons you can clearly demarcate. In the US Mil it is of just as much concern 'back home' as from personal observation i would say that women are doing operational taskings out on the streets of Iraq. As far as what is the frontline then would an area that comes under regular mortar and rocket attack be described as the front line? if so the US have a large number of somewhat stroppy and moody MP's operating in the Green Zone, somewhat ironically named the Fun Police.