Feminist Zealots or Useful Addition to Front Line Forces?
Colonel Richard Kemp, former commander of British forces on the front line in Afghanistan, has recently caused quite a stir with his outspoken comments about the female recruitment surge which fell at the first hurdle. The Royal Armoured Corps is one of the British Army’s largest and most important regiments for conventional warfare land forces deployments. The RAC recently invited applications from female soldiers which, if they are accepted, would mean British ladies fighting in tank battalions for the first…