Seldomfitforpurpose wrote:
No Apache instructors have ever done a frontline tour, sounds like a bloody cushy lifestyle for sure
Timex points us to a Daily Mail story from September 2009 that would suggest otherwise.
A grandfather who fought in the Falklands War nearly 30 years ago is flying an Apache attack helicopter on frontline operations against the Taliban in Afghanistan.
Royal Navy reservist Lieutenant Commander Bill O’Brien, 54, has flown more than 30 missions in southern Afghanistan
He was awarded the Distinguished Flying Medal for his ‘exceptional courage and considerable flying skill in the face of the enemy’ as a sergeant in the Royal Marines piloting a Gazelle during the 1982 Falklands conflict. The father of three is a helicopter instructor at the Army Air Corps centre at Middle Wallop, Hampshire.
But he is back on the front line after volunteering for combat and is on a four-month tour of duty with 663 Squadron in Helmand province.
Shurly shum mishtake Mish Moneypenny.
More here on a remarkable soldier.
Royal Marine who won only Distinguished Flying Medal ever awarded to sell it after 38-year career | Mail Online