a Scot and a bayonet - deadly! (1 Viewer)

[binder001]

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/wor...-fending-off-Taliban-attack-with-bayonet.html

Killing two men at close quarters, one with a bayonet. That's one reason I try not to anger Andy Nielson!

Gary B

 

[Spitfrnd]

Brave lad. With all respect, I think there are Scots, like this tough fellow, and then there are Scots, just as true for other nations.

 

[1879fanatic]

I, for one, would love seeing more of these stories in the media. The public should understand what these brave kids are doing over there, and the conditions, situations they overcome every day. The military should be releasing these stories, and the fu*&ing media should be passing them along
Mike

 

[Spitfrnd]

I, for one, would love seeing more of these stories in the media. The public should understand what these brave kids are doing over there, and the conditions, situations they overcome every day. The military should be releasing these stories, and the fu*&ing media should be passing them along
Mike

Yes they should. They may be sensitive about reprisals though for the same reason special police units wear masks.

 

[Gazza]

A very brave soldier

He was serving in the Scots Regiment but is not from Scotland

He is from the Isle of Mann - their ancestory is Celtic / Norse.

Which is even more scarey than just a Scot

Gazza

 

[glossman]

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The officer is from the 5th Battalion, Royal Regiment of Scotland.

The 5th battlion is derived from the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders. (91st Argylls and 93rd Sutherland)

The battalion nickname is the Thin Red Line. (remember Balaclava 1854 and Lucknow 1857)

The battalion motto is Nemo Me Impune Lacessit. (No One Assails Me With Impunity).

He sure as h*!@ lived up to it.

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[Spitfrnd]

A very brave soldier
He was serving in the Scots Regiment but is not from Scotland

He is from the Isle of Mann - their ancestory is Celtic / Norse.
Which is even more scarey than just a Scot
Gazza

A Viking / Celt, now that was silly of the Taliban to attack with only two.

 

[Evzone]

A very courageous lad, typical of all the lads and lassies out there who are doing a great job in a difficult environment with the kit they've got.

BBC TV recently aired a documentary following two wounded servicemen through their rehabilitation. Their courage, humour and determination to live normal lives despite horrific injuries and disabilities are a glowing testament to the spirit of their generation.

 

[Wraith]

A very courageous lad, typical of all the lads and lassies out there who are doing a great job in a difficult environment with the kit they've got.

BBC TV recently aired a documentary following two wounded servicemen through their rehabilitation. Their courage, humour and determination to live normal lives despite horrific injuries and disabilities are a glowing testament to the spirit of their generation.

I watched that, and totally agree with your thoughts. At 20 years old, or thereabouts, minus 3 limbs, and yet not an ounce of self pity. I have the utmost respect for our troops, and it kind of puts some of the very minor things we grumble and moan about, on a daily basis, in to perspective.

 

[Evzone]

I watched that, and totally agree with your thoughts. At 20 years old, or thereabouts, minus 3 limbs, and yet not an ounce of self pity. I have the utmost respect for our troops, and it kind of puts some of the very minor things we grumble and moan about, on a daily basis, in to perspective.

Whilst flicking through the channels later on that particular night I came across a programme called '........ What Katie did next...' this is allegedly a fly-on- the-wall type documentary charting the antics of Katie Price aka Jordan depicting the trials and tribulations of her hectic life and those people that surround her. I only needed five minutes watching this absolute drivel to reaffirm my theory that the majority people in the UK would be able to name Miss Price's latest beau but wouldn't have a clue to who the last person was to win the VC and how.

I wouldn't mind if the lady was talented as we need artistic distractions especially in fraught times, but alas I fear the only distractions she can offer is those painted by the media and the cosmetic surgeon's knife!

 

[4th Hussar]

Whilst flicking through the channels later on that particular night I came across a programme called '........ What Katie did next...' this is allegedly a fly-on- the-wall type documentary charting the antics of Katie Price aka Jordan depicting the trials and tribulations of her hectic life and those people that surround her. I only needed five minutes watching this absolute drivel to reaffirm my theory that the majority people in the UK would be able to name Miss Price's latest beau but wouldn't have a clue to who the last person was to win the VC and how.

I wouldn't mind if the lady was talented as we need artistic distractions especially in fraught times, but alas I fear the only distractions she can offer is those painted by the media and the cosmetic surgeon's knife!

Same over here. I don't really care who the Kardashian bimbos are chasing after but they are all over the tube. Oops , seem they have been replaced by some Franco-Polish chap who is being appropriately harassed for drugging, raping and sodomizing a 13 year old. Franco-Polish claims it was culturally OK in the 70's to do so.

What is most disturbing is that the media treats the above like it is important news that we need........................

 

[Bellerophon]

My wife and i took a day of work a couple of months ago, to cheer are local boys and girls home after returning from a tour in Afghanistan.

The 29 commando Royal Artillery and Royal Australian Artillery who served together marched through the city of Plymouth. With all the roads closed with A Royal marine band playing , and many thousands of people cheering and school children flag waving lining the route.The city centre came to a complete standstill.

I had a massive lump in my throat and my wife a tear in her eye.We both feel so very proud of our troops and of the people of Plymouth, who came out in there thousands to cheer them home.

The local TV station had filmed from the event all that day and that evening nearly the whole local news program was about the stories of the troops and their families.



best wishes Mark

 

[1879fanatic]

My wife and i took a day of work a couple of months ago, to cheer are local boys and girls home after returning from a tour in Afghanistan.

The 29 commando Royal Artillery and Royal Australian Artillery who served together marched through the city of Plymouth. With all the roads closed with A Royal marine band playing , and many thousands of people cheering and school children flag waving lining the route.The city centre came to a complete standstill.

I had a massive lump in my throat and my wife a tear in her eye.We both feel so very proud of our troops and of the people of Plymouth, who came out in there thousands to cheer them home.

The local TV station had filmed from the event all that day and that evening nearly the whole local news program was about the stories of the troops and their families.



best wishes Mark

Mark,
That's exactly what we need over here, and don't have! We need pomp & circumstance once in a while to show we care. We need the towns and cities to shut down and pay attention eeven though for a couple minutes, to pay regards and tribute!
Great Stuff!
Mike