DWARREN123
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I really doubt he will go but if he does he will be protected to the max.
Prince Harry's Military Experience
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Byron Quick
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Members of the House of Windsor who were military have been deployed to combat zones for centuries with no extraordinary protection.
Exactly why do you doubt he will go and what basis is there for concluding he will be "protected to the max" if he does?
I've served on the security-detail of European royalty; I've also spent time in Iraq on PSD duties.
It's my considered opinion that Harry will have no special close-protection detail (if it were me, I'd love to sneak someone into his troop; true, an outsider brought into a team could be an immediate object of suspicion but I have some nasty ideas on that score). Royals like to feel their oats and it's Harry's time to be a soldier - he'd throw a bloody fit if he felt he was being mollycoddled.
However, I believe that, without his knowledge or consent, he will have better top-cover and casevac standing by, the ground before him will be cleared as much as is humanly possible, both in physical terms as well as getting the best possible intel before assigning him a mission - but there will come a time where he's going to go walkabout either from desire or circumstance.
That being said, he's still going to be taking the same risks as everyone else, especially where IEDs and the like are concerned.
Break a leg, 'arry
It's my considered opinion that Harry will have no special close-protection detail (if it were me, I'd love to sneak someone into his troop; true, an outsider brought into a team could be an immediate object of suspicion but I have some nasty ideas on that score). Royals like to feel their oats and it's Harry's time to be a soldier - he'd throw a bloody fit if he felt he was being mollycoddled.
However, I believe that, without his knowledge or consent, he will have better top-cover and casevac standing by, the ground before him will be cleared as much as is humanly possible, both in physical terms as well as getting the best possible intel before assigning him a mission - but there will come a time where he's going to go walkabout either from desire or circumstance.
That being said, he's still going to be taking the same risks as everyone else, especially where IEDs and the like are concerned.
Break a leg, 'arry
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