Tackling Aus
HEAD
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NE is a rugby leag
other a former boxer but now
soldiers Kertisha Thompson
Gentzen are tackling Aussie
They’re used to operating i
uncertainty, having found th
at the pointy end of the mov
women into combat roles in
“When we fi rst got here [to
know much about what a ba
alone what would be going o
Since they were the fi rst, th
weren’t any other women to
who “had been there, done t
But, just as they did when t
met at Singleton, they faced
to the challenge together.
“At Singleton, we did every
same as the men,” Taylah sa
“They treated us all the sam
us just the same as they yell
As it happened, fi tting in at
1RAR has been no challeng
“Everybody has been really
said, as Taylah nodded emp
“All the guys have accepted
“We haven’t had any issues
anybody here... absolutely n
They formed an unbreakab
they toughed it out together
“There were some really ha
we just sort of bounced off e
helped each of us get throug
Comrades in arms PTE Tayl
and PTE Kertisha Thompson
into 1RAR and (right) celebr
success at the Inter-Service
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