come_the_day said:
Army reservist, as you will no doubt have seen already. The Service medical world has changed immeasurably in the last decade and is very much a tri-Service population now, so whether navy blue, brown or crab is immaterial. It hurts that none of the press leeches has cottoned on that this is the first medic to die as a result of enemy action in recent times. That Des Lyneham is too stressed to travel to Leeds once a week to do Countdown pushes the lads in the Middle East off the top of the headlines is a true reflection of just where the British public places the efforts of Servicemen and is a reflection of the value placed on the Forces by an uncaring society.
Watching the background to the Great North Run on Sunday and Lt Col David Vassalo's efforts on behalf of 2 girls hideously injured in the Balkans conflict showed what good Britain can do through the efforts of its Armed Forces, but the public needs to have the message rammed home and start to take more notice, or the numbers leaving through disillusionment will continue to grow.