And The Ministry Of Defense Wonders Why Morale Is Low In The British Army

Photo: Brave: Lance Bombardier Ben Parkinson, 23. The paratrooper was described by doctors as the most severely wounded British soldier ever to survive after a landmine explosion in Afghanistan left him with 37 injuries

Blown Up By The Enemy... And Now Cut Adrift By The Army They Love: The Wounded Servicemen Shattered By A Sense Of Betrayal -- Daily Mail

The list of his injuries is appalling; both legs gone, broken back, brain damage so severe that he was robbed of his short-term memory and, for a time, speech. What Lance Bombardier Ben Parkinson has sacrificed serving his country is something that cannot be measured.

And through each step in his recovery, since the day a Taliban bomb exploded five years ago, Ben — like so many of his injured comrades — has been driven by one ambition: to return to the Army.

But Ben's dream was shattered last month when an official letter from the Army Medical Service Board dropp [...]

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