Bryn Wolffe graduated from the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst aged 20. She joined the Royal Artillery as a promising young Second Lieutenant, and spent 8 months training in her role as an artillery officer before she and her unit were given their first deployment.
She was generally regarded by her superiors as serving well in that first tour, although her unit suffered two casualties in combat. She saw many horrible things she would never forget. Three more tours followed in the next 5 years, with Bryn's promotion to Lieutenant and subsequent consideration for the rank of Captain.
In her final tour, Bryn was awarded the Victoria Cross for her courageous leadership of an operation involving an assault on a compound where a large body of enemy personnel and a sizeable stockpile of weapons were located. The operation was considered a major success, but the Army became mired in controversy when the British media spoke to a whistle-blower who informed them that incomplete intel resulted in the death of a not insignificant number civilians in that operation. The whistle-blower may or may not have been Bryn.
Bryn never made Captain. Although she wasn't stripped of her VC, she was separated from the Army shortly after the media broke the story. Whether this was voluntary or not was not disclosed.
Unlike in Eorzea, on Earth there is no thriving mercenary market demanding the skills of an ex-soldier with PTSD. Bryn received some offers of rudimentary, short-term counselling, but was ultimately yet another veteran let down by the state that sent her to fight. She, like so many of her ex-colleagues, slips through the cracks and turns to substance abuse. She soon found herself destitute and homeless, and was found dead at the age of 25.
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She was generally regarded by her superiors as serving well in that first tour, although her unit suffered two casualties in combat. She saw many horrible things she would never forget. Three more tours followed in the next 5 years, with Bryn's promotion to Lieutenant and subsequent consideration for the rank of Captain.
In her final tour, Bryn was awarded the Victoria Cross for her courageous leadership of an operation involving an assault on a compound where a large body of enemy personnel and a sizeable stockpile of weapons were located. The operation was considered a major success, but the Army became mired in controversy when the British media spoke to a whistle-blower who informed them that incomplete intel resulted in the death of a not insignificant number civilians in that operation. The whistle-blower may or may not have been Bryn.
Bryn never made Captain. Although she wasn't stripped of her VC, she was separated from the Army shortly after the media broke the story. Whether this was voluntary or not was not disclosed.
Unlike in Eorzea, on Earth there is no thriving mercenary market demanding the skills of an ex-soldier with PTSD. Bryn received some offers of rudimentary, short-term counselling, but was ultimately yet another veteran let down by the state that sent her to fight. She, like so many of her ex-colleagues, slips through the cracks and turns to substance abuse. She soon found herself destitute and homeless, and was found dead at the age of 25.
Support the troops.
