As was ever thus:
There are those who do the dirty jobs at considerable risk and those who are floating around the fringes when the dirty jobs are done.
I watched Forces TV last night. The RM were on ops in AFG, great respect, even for the embedded TV crew. The palpable sense of fear and expectation of early termination by IED was visible.
As real professionals, they all deserved much more than any of the armchair warriors apparent on the pages above.
IG