TheMaverickSergeant

I #ChooseToChallenge: My Previous Self This article was first published in Wavell Room and forms part of their #ChoosetoChallenge21 series . "As [Auxiliary Territorial Service Women] leave us they deserve cheer...  by their efforts during the late war they have earned the respect and admiration  of fighting men everywhere and have rendered a service  that this country will not quickly forget." ~ Corps Magazine, Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers, January 1947 What follows is a personal account of serving alongside women in the British Army . Here, I lay bare my personal experiences and prejudices so that others may be encouraged to think and to act. Readers won’t see a critique of literature, nor theoretical models; I write to explore a rollercoaster ride which has forced me to reflect deeply on how I lead people. This isn’t an argument for, or a defence of, women in ground close combat. Instead, it is an argument against hindrances to organisational progression a