Flashermac Posted October 9, 2016 Report Share Posted October 9, 2016 The Nepalese soldier with 1st Battalion, Royal Gurkha Rifles who was removed from Afghanistan after beheading a Taliban commander, has now been cleared for duty after a four year investigation. In July of 2010 Gurkha soldiers conducted a raid in Helmand province to kill or capture a high value individual. The troops killed their man, but the mission had very specific instructions to bring back proof that they had gotten the right guy. Initially, the Gurkhas attempted to retrieve the entire body for identification, but soon found themselves engaged in an intense Taliban counter attack. The Gurkhas needed to break contact, but they also needed to complete their mission. The soldier made the heat-of-the-moment decision to pull out his traditional Kukri knife and take only the Taliban commander’s head, allowing his men to remain mobile and complete their objective. Rather than acknowledging the soldier for placing the mission first and his quick initiative under hostile fire, POG* commanders who place public relations in a higher priority bracket than mission, went on a CYA campaign of shaming the individual to the media as they rushed him out of country. Eventually, common sense won out, and now the soldier is finally being commended for his dedication to duty. https://www.funker530.com/soldier-who-returned-to-base-with-taliban-commanders-head-cleared-for-duty/ *POG is the modern term for REMF. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
migrant Posted October 9, 2016 Report Share Posted October 9, 2016 Glad he came out ahead 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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