Comments by "Tams80" (@tams805) on "Emotional Day As Gurkhas Leave Catterick | Forces TV" video.

  1. They still exist for several reasons. There's a strong and long history of them in the British army. Armed forces do not let tradition go lightly. They have proven themselves loyal, effective, and brave on numerous occasions. Exactly what you want a from soldiers. There is a feeling of duty to keep giving the Nepalese people who the Gurkhas come from the support recruiting Gurkhas from them offers. At the end of the day, they are soldiers like any others in a developed nation. They are told the risks being a soldier has and they accept them. In return their lives are not treated as dispensable; that's not how developed countries' armed forces work. Also, while among the first into conflicts, they are not the parts of the British armed forces who go in at first.
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