Bad Day In 2009

The 10th July 2009 7 soldiers died on the front line Panthers Claw the op was called Sangin district is where we toured 2nd battalion the rifles had a few bad days With many a soldier still in that haze Sangin DC or Fob Rob to others Left a lot of grieving mothers The worst fatalities in all the years Fighting insurgents bringing with it tears You can't help but to think why Another of service men and women should die Others left with life changing injuries From gunshot wounds to triple amputees Swift and bold the motto was But leaving the gates everyone was anxious Even today 14 years on. Soldiers struggling feeling they don't belong Mentally and physically exhausting it is The mind playing games taking the piss Rifleman Simpson and Rfn jo Murphy Cpl Jon horne and Cpl Scot Lee James backhouse and Sgt Paul mcaleese William Aldridge lives taken with ease I know war is war And casualties happen But why should this be Those who survive get PTSD