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Originally Posted by Royboy39

If a serviceman or woman is mamed or killed in action whilst fighting the enemy............That is the front line.

I do believe that “The front line is where the enemy missiles, bullets and shells land, not where they are fired from” already made that clear.

I never said that women are not employed on the front line. I stated that women would not be put in a position where hand-to-hand fighting was a possibility for pretty obvious reasons. Do keep up!

the observation post was an obvious target for the enemy....this makes it the front line.

Yeeees!

The Officer was placed in a quite legitimate job behind enemy lines,

So the enemy was firing towards a position behind its own lines then?

We used to have a saying in the navy that went, “engage brain BEFORE opening gob.” Actually that isn’t true, I made it up but nonetheless it certainly applies to you.

Can I draw your attention to your post #26 where you stated:
“Forward Observer to report target activity means in front of the guns, not on the Battlefield. A forward observation post is created to direct the fire of the guns. If an OP is spotted by the enemy and their guns fire to destroy the OP that is war.
An OP is not considered as 'Front Line'”

Do make up your mind. An OP is either front line or it isn’t. You can’t have it both ways.

However it is doubtful if Captain Goddard was behind enemy lines. The chances are that she was in front of our lines but not as far forward as to infiltrate the enemy lines. Target spotting behind enemy lines is usually reserved for the SAS, Royal Marine Commandos or Paras.

Talking of someone knowing sweet FA, as you put it, about something, your stupid statement of “If a warship is sent into a war situation, young seamen and female staff would be evacuated by chopper.” illustrates that quite perfectly.

However you still haven’t told us your answer to my question. “Pray tell me how do you evacuate when the nearest ship or land is hundreds if not thousands of miles away?”