Women shouldn’t be in the front line. Pictures from Iraq clearly show this and I think I’ve said it before. But why did I say it before?

On an exercise years ago I found myself out at night with my little gun taking a message from one place to another. At that time our little camp was up against the Royal Marines… Somewhere between A and B in the dark the sky was lit up by flares and I hid (quite successfully it turned out). I heard a marine patrol very near me but I could not be sure it was them. To make sure I broke cover and gave myself away in doing so. My foot crunched on some gravel and then there was a flash and an almighty bang. I had been shot with a blank 2 feet away. I screamed and went deaf and blinded all at once. You know I could have given them away to our side or taken one of them out but the one thing that stays with me is suddenly all my guys came running to me with looks on their faces I cant describe. They ran towards trouble to help me and it was then I knew (even through the deafness and half blindedness) that I was a weakness to them. I didn’t treat exercises the same way again. Please girls, work from the back you will do more damage from there.

Rosie (SAS? My complaint is no more books and no more tv plzzzzzz)