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I for one am glad he died. At least the family can move on etc. if he survived and end up like Jason Chee will be a fate worse than death. And his whole family suffer for him and dragged the family down. And worse still the MIWs etc will use him as a propaganda tool and just issue lip service to his sacrifices. In addition, why cant protocols be,,if injury happens etc, a helicopter get called no matter what? why must wait for the chain of command? In a real military exercise, there should a direct line to a safety officer from the PC level, the call should go in to the safety officer who tells the CO and get the chopper and an announcement be made over the radio. why need to go through LT, CPT, Maj, LTC, Senior LTC, BG etc? The safety officer should be next to the big wigs when the decision is made,....the requirement and conditions for helicopter evac can be stated clearly to all Officers, lost of limb etc etc and medic trained to make the decision, if its a minor injury of course u dont call a medical evac. Simple rules etc cannot even be implemented and followed and we have such a 'well trained' armed forces...In a real war etc, The COs need to trust the tactical decisions to the field officers,,if everything also require permission,,the battle is already lost.
The message sinkees need to get is that the SAF failed a serviceman. If the country does not have your back, why the hell are you fighting for it?