Frontline U.K. Troops In Afghanistan 'Just Want To Go Home' -- The Telegraph
Marine Calvert, a member of the same Commando unit as Marine Adam Brown who was killed on Sunday, gives a bitter and disarmingly frank view of the front line.
From his remote and exposed operating base, Marine Calvert, of Charlie Company, 40 Commando Royal Marines, fights only for survival and thinks not of victory but only of going home to his girlfriend and young daughter.
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My Comment: My Canadian friends who have/are serving in Afghanistan have told me that this has been a 'tough slog' for the Brits in Afghanistan. Lack of resources, manpower, and an ambivalent view from the previous Labor Government in London has helped to sap a considerable amount of morale and spirit in the British forces.
Having said that, I also know that the British military is probably the finest in the world, and if given the proper direction and support from London, this sentiment of "wanting to go home" would probably disappear.
Shows again anything longer then 4 months for frontline forces is enuff.
ReplyDeleteLonger is just bad for morale. There been enuff studies that show after 4 months soldiers loose their edge, morale etc and just wanne go home.
Vince