zaterdag 26 mei 2007
soldier dies in Afghanistan
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/pr/fr/-/2/hi/south_asia/6694679.stm
Soldier dies in Afghan operations.
L/Cpl George Russell Davey, from the 1st Battalion Royal Anglian Regiment has been killed in Afghanistan. He and five other soldiers were hit by an explosion after clashes with Taleban during offensive operations in Garmsir overnight. They were taken away under fire and G.R. Davey was pronounced dead at the scene. Davey, only 23 years old, was father of two daughters and husband of Joanna. It is said that George Davey was a hard working, brave and humble soldier. He was a “pillar of strength” who had recently shown his fearlessness in suppressing the enemy at close quarters while under intense fire on a mission in the Sangin Valley.
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When I read these articles about Afghanistan I get the chills. My son, 20 years old, is a Sergeant in the military. Five more months and his education will be finished. Then he will be prepared for going on a mission somewhere. There is a big chance that they will send him to Afghanistan. I am scared and I don’t want him to go there. He says it is part of the job and he really wants to go. But I think that these young men don’t know exactly what is going to happen. These young men don’t have any experience. And I wonder if they are, at such a young age, ready for such a responsible, scary and dangerous job.
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My husband was in the military for 24 years. According to him there is always a risk that you will get wounded or even killed while on a mission. He fully understands why your son wants to go there. It is what he is trained for. By training, education and the best of the best equipment risk is minimised as much as possible. The training level at the Royal Military School at Weert is very high. So parents shouldn't worry to much.
The risk of getting wounded or killed is part of the job. If you choose to be a soldier, you'll have to live with it and you will have to ask the same from your friends and family.
Whether or not a soldier is well trained there is always a chance that he will be killed out in the field. However, we all die. Yet the fact that you have to let go of some one so dear for an uncertain period of time and constantly having to wait on his or her save return would be agonising for anybody from the homefront. Not something I would like to line up for...
I'm flabbergasted. I can imagine how you feel, especially with the world being a mess nowadays. You never know what happens next - and so, where he will be sent to next. His reaction does not strike me as odd, though: his wanting to go because he was trained for it. I hear that a lot from people who got friends or family in the army. Nevertheless, it stays scary and I hope that, once he does leave, he will return home safely. After all, it's easy to put things in perspective if you're looking at it from a distance, but I can imagine your anxiety from your point of view.
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