I chose this photo from the many which 617 Sqdn have sent back to me over the last couple of months shortly after hearing of 3 more of our brave men and women killed in Afghanistan. It is easy to miss the day to day bravery shown by all our service men and women by their simply doing their job from day to day. I had not really thought about it before but have a look at the number of guns that you can see in this image of a group of 617 sqdn service men and women carrying out the day to day checks on a 617 Sqdn Tornado GR4 in the middle of the Kandahar Airbase flightline. You would have thought it a safe location but the risks to life and limb are clear from the need to be able to defend your self and potentially return fire at a moments notice.
What staggeringly brave people we have in our Armed Services; how lucky we are to have them. RESPECT to them all.
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