[jambutty]

Lets look at this issue from the child’s perspective.

It has been reported that Faye Turney has a 3 years old daughter and during an interview on board HMS Cornwall before the capture, she moaned that she really missed her daughter but she loved her job. More than her daughter obviously.

No doubt someone will have a different viewpoint but for me the most important person during a child’s life, especially during the first few years, is its mother. The father is also important but not to the same degree. His level of importance grows with time. So to deprive that child of that very important contact because mum wants to pursue a career in the navy or any of the armed forces is simply wrong. Unless the mother is stationed close to home or has married quarters where she goes home every evening. That makes it no different to being a working mum in civvy street. Going to sea for a few months or being posted abroad is not good for the child. It’s not very good for the mum either.

I’m not condemning Faye Turney or any other woman in the armed services, I’m just looking at the issue from the child’s angle.