Thanks for the article Tim!
via the Daily Mail
Three female RAF recruits have each been awarded £100,000 by the Ministry of Defence after suffering injuries caused by marching in step with their male colleagues.Read it all here.
The women claimed that parading alongside taller male recruits caused them to over-stride, a repetitive motion which, when repeated over several weeks, led them to develop spinal and pelvic injuries.
Now, after a five-year bitter legal battle, which saw the MoD accuse the women of exaggerating their symptoms, they have been awarded more compensation than soldiers who suffered serious gunshot wounds in Afghanistan.
All I have to say is wow. Once women start getting injured in Fleet Marine Force Infantry Units we're going to be seeing this and worse on our side of the Atlantic.
I'd laugh at the RAF but I fear they're just the canary in the coal mine.
