Must be in the blood.

[Beorn]

Heroic female medic who ignored shrapnel embedded in her shoulder to save SEVEN soldiers during Taliban attack

An heroic army medic treated seven injured comrades after a Taliban attack in Afghanistan despite being wounded with shrapnel herself, it emerged today.
Lance Corporal Sally Clarke, of 2 Rifles, ignored the searing pain caused by the shards embedded in her shoulder and back and set about treating the rest of her patrol.
The worst hit was Corporal Paul Mather who incredibly managed to radio instructions for jets circling above to open fire on Taliban insurgents despite bleeding heavily from wounds the size of his fist.

Just amazing. Just confirms my belief that women are more than capable of entering the army and excelling where men have dominated for so long.

Well done to the girl. It must be in the name and the blood

Corporal Mather, 28, and Lance Corporal Clarke, 22, from Cheltenham, were on patrol south of Sangin when insurgents fired rocket propelled grenades over a wall as soldiers dealt with an anti-tank mine.

From the West Country as well. What a surprise.

[007]

Women should not be sent to war, they are needed for other things.This is aside from the matter of maintaining physical standards in training.

[Beorn]

Women gained equal rights and have become anything but the stay at home mothers they once were. We may as well utilise their willingness to be equal to men and ship them off to war zones. I think women are more than capable enough to survive in a war zone, as this brave woman has shown.

[007]

Your acceptance of aspects of looney-left dogma has been noted before.

She deserves a pat on the back for doing her job properly, nothing more. But she isn't the equal of a man and doesn't belong in harm's way.

[The Lawspeaker]

Your acceptance of aspects of looney-left dogma has been noted before.

She deserves a pat on the back for doing her job properly, nothing more. But she isn't the equal of a man and doesn't belong in harm's way.

She deserves a medal for it and a post at a non-combat unit back home in England.
I don't mind women getting enlisted but they don't belong in the line of fire because we all know what happens when they get captured (and what sometimes happens by the hands of their own male comrades).

[Æmeric]

Her exploits could have been greatly exaggerated, like those of Jessica Lynch.

[Beorn]

Your acceptance of aspects of looney-left dogma has been noted before.

And it's been noted that you continually shift an argument away from the main point and deride the person with petty titles.

She deserves a pat on the back for doing her job properly, nothing more. But she isn't the equal of a man and doesn't belong in harm's way.

She is certainly the equal of you or I. Here we are on a Friday evening typing on the internet with our beer bellies and she is out there saving people with holes in her body. I can't for the life of me think how you have come to the conclusion that we are better than her in that respect.

What would you propose she should be doing instead?

[007]

She deserves a medal for it

No, she only did her duty. Medals are for going above and beyond the call of duty, like the corporal in the story.

and a post at a non-combat unit back home in England.
I don't mind women getting enlisted but they don't belong in the line of fire because we all know what happens when they get captured (and what sometimes happens by the hands of their own male comrades).

I agree. They can do a lot of useful work in the forces without being sent to the front lines. The women pilots who ferried aircraft in WW2, worked in munitions factories or in the plotting rooms of Fighter Command during the Battle of Britain are good examples.

[The Lawspeaker]

No, she only did her duty. Medals are for going above and beyond the call of duty, like the corporal in the story.



I agree. They can do a lot of useful work in the forces without being sent to the front lines. The women pilots who ferried aircraft in WW2, worked in munitions factories or in the plotting rooms of Fighter Command during the Battle of Britain are good examples.

She was herself injured while in the line of duty and she still continued to function.

[007]

And it's been noted that you continually shift an argument away from the main point and deride the person with petty titles.

It's actually relevant to the topic that you sound like an Equality True Believer

She is certainly the equal of you or I. Here we are on a Friday evening typing on the internet with our beer bellies and she is out there saving people with holes in her body. I can't for the life of me think how you have come to the conclusion that we are better than her in that respect.

Speak for yourself, but the average bloke is bigger, stronger and more aggressive than the average woman and this particular woman isn't one of those rare physical superwomen, like that South African sprinter. She did her duty but she should never have been placed in that situation to start with.

What would propose she should be doing instead?

She can do the same job OUT of the war zone.