Valiant army of Her Majesty and compensation for depression

< Seva Novgorodsev

Our apartment house in Greenwich was built in the mid 19th century as a military hospital immediately after the Crimean War. Across the road, the trees - Woolwich Common, a large wasteland, undeveloped, overgrown with thorny brambles. Belongs to the Ministry of Defense, specifically - a nearby artillery unit, is used for training.
This does not occur often. Over the past 14 years, only twice saw there wheeled light cannon or chasing new recruits in full armor. I will never forget the young maiden thick in uniform with the heaviest backpack.
She made a forced march, accompanied by hefty mustachioed sergeant in a spirited take on one side. And the damsel was on its last legs. By crimson streams of sweat running down the face, she could barely put one foot. "Come on, - cheered her gallant sergeant, - you've got it in you! Somewhere ... "

Damsel was sorry, but she knew what was. What are you - a girl with overweight, no one cares. Army contract, the defense of the Fatherland. Birthplace of orders, go, where they sent.

System, as is well known, a sacred place for the soldier. In the ranks do not need to be erased in the army human individuality, there is a feeling of comradeship, a sense of a single organism, the ability to sacrifice themselves unconditionally.

Detachment on parade should please the eye, feet marching to move synchronously in full. No matter what his feet. Which one is. It so happened that set in 2000 at RAF Halton in, Buckinghamshire, turned out to be disparate. High boys under two feet tall, fragile girl under sixty meter.

It is necessary to go up. The girls had to do a "bigger step" with a heavy backpack on his back. The voltage had pains in the groin. The sergeant ordered aside complaints.

Novobranka Trakl Davis had four fractures hip, walked on crutches and was the reserve of the Army. Helpful lawyers advised to sue.

The legal basis found. By statute, women should not keep step wider 27-inch, and exercises they were forced to walk for 30 or more inches. The result - a disability, although the time and as a result, the monetary compensation that will have to pay the Department of Defense.

Three girls affected by the course of the young fighter this week awarded 100 thousand pounds each. Justice has been restored.

As, however, it was restored in 2007, when the Air Force had to pay compensation to the Secretary-typist who of high-speed printing injured his thumb. Injury resulted in a depression, and this is serious.

The girl received compensation of 484,000 pounds.

This is twice what it should be a fighter who lost both legs in the war.