Lance corporal is a military rank, used by many armed forces worldwide, and also by some police forces and other uniformed organizations. It is below the rank of corporal, and is typically the lowest non-commissioned officer, usually equivalent to the NATO Rank Grade OR-3.
The presumed origin of the rank of lance corporal derives from an amalgamation of corporal with the now-archaic lancepesade, formerly a non-commissioned officer of the lowest rank. This in turn derives from the Italian lancia spezzata, which literally means "broken lance" or "broken spear", but which was used to denote a seasoned soldier, as the broken spear was a metaphor for combat experience, where such an occurrence was very likely.
Lance corporal is the lowest of the non-commissioned officer ranks in the Australian Army and New Zealand Army, falling between private and corporal. It is the only appointed rank, and thus demotion is easier than with other ranks. A lance corporal is usually the second in command of a section, and is in control of the gun group in an infantry section. The same rank within artillery units is known as lance-bombardier (lance bombardier in New Zealand). There is no equivalent rank within the Royal Australian Air Force or Royal Australian Navy. The badge of rank is a 1-bar chevron worn on both sleeves or on an epaulette.
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Connor Gallagher did five tours with the Royal Irish Regiment before moving to Australia with his wife. He arrived through the Lateral Transfer Scheme and he became a trainer for the reinforcements. As he and his wife fall deeper into debt the promise that he made to her of never going on tour again becomes harder for him to keep.
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Connor Gallagher did five tours with the Royal Irish Regiment before moving to Australia with his wife. He arrived through the Lateral Transfer Scheme and he became a trainer for the reinforcements. As he and his wife fall deeper into debt the promise that he made to her of never going on tour again becomes harder for him to keep.
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The film 'Veterans' tracks five US Vets recovering from PTSD (Post Traumatic Stress Disorder), as they make their way through the streets of Los Angeles. Locked in solitary battles of isolation, dislocation and memory, these Vets converge in a quiet alley and find themselves joining in a ritual re-enactment of combat before returning to their separate lives.
Keywords: iraq, post-traumatic-stress-disorder, veteran
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In a time of misery and fear two enemies come together to prevent an apocalypse conspired by their leaders. 40 years of war between the Federated Republics and the New Territories Union has taken its toll. The cities are overcrowded, farming land is riddled with unexploded mines -- and still there is no hope of peace. In this hostile, decaying world of the future on thing remains constant for Lieutenant Leo Megaw; his love for his pregnant wife. Her access to classified information makes her an increasing liability for the government. When she's ambushed, Leo is forced into exile. As a border patrolman on the isolated outpost of Zone 39, ordered to kill anyone that tries to cross the border, he comes to understand that ultimate catastrophe forced upon his world by his government. The real enemy is not looming across the border but standing right behind him. Now he must reach across the border into enemy territory and form an alliance to save his world.
Keywords: dystopia, future, post-apocalypse, title-spoken-by-character
The future is about to become a thing of the past
The truth is classified. Trust no-one.
A stunning sci-fi thriller set against an apocalyptic landscape.
Zone 39: The truth will destroy you.
In a time of misery and fear two enemies come together to prevent an apocalypse conspired by their leaders
[first lines]::Title Card: 40 years of war between the Federated Republics and the New Territories Union had taken its toll. The cities were overcrowded, farming land was riddled with unexploded mines - and still there was no hope of peace. Industrialists from both sides met in secret and formed Central Union. Central Union succeeded where government had failed. It negotiated peace. In exchange it took control of communication...
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Two Lieutenants, Chard of Engineers and Bromhead find that their 140 man contingent in Natal has been isolated by the destruction of the main British Army column and that 4,000 Zulu warriors will descend on them in hours. Each has a different military background in tactics and they are immediatly in conflict on how to prepare for the attack. Nearly a third of the men are in the infirmary, as the welsh company tries to somehow survive with no help in sight. Based on a true story.
Dwarfing The Mightiest! Towering Over The Greatest!
The supreme spectacle that had to come thundering out of the most thrilling continent!
The epic story of courage, honour and pride.
These are the days and nights of fury and honor and courage and cowardice that an entire century of empire-making and film-making can never surpass!
Lieutenant John Chard: The army doesn't like more than one disaster in a day.::Bromhead: Looks bad in the newspapers and upsets civilians at their breakfast.
Colour Sergeant Bourne: A prayer's as good as bayonet on a day like this.
Lieutenant John Chard: I came here to build a bridge.
Pte. Thomas Cole: Why is it us? Why us?::Colour Sergeant Bourne: Because we're here, lad. Nobody else. Just us.
Reverend Otto Witt: One thousand British soldiers have been massacred. While I stood here talking peace, a war has started.
Pte. Henry Hook: Rourke's Drift... It'd take an Irishman to give his name to a rotten stinking middle o' nowhere hole like this.
Lieutenant John Chard: What's our strength?::Lieutenant Gonville Bromhead: Seven officers including surgeon, commissaries and so on; Adendorff now I suppose; wounded and sick 36, fit for duty 97 and about 40 native levies. Not much of an army for you.
Lieutenant Gonville Bromhead: Damn the levies man... Cowardly blacks!::Adendorff: What the hell do you mean "cowardly blacks?" They died on your side, didn't they? And who the hell do you think is coming to wipe out your little command? The Grenadier Guards?
Lieutenant Gonville Bromhead: Sixty! We dropped at least 60, wouldn't you say?::Adendorff: That leaves only 3,940.
Colour Sergeant Bourne: It's a miracle.::Lieutenant John Chard: If it's a miracle, Colour Sergeant, it's a short chamber Boxer Henry point 45 caliber miracle.::Colour Sergeant Bourne: And a bayonet, sir, with some guts behind.
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Uncle Rollo finally retires to the house he was brought up in. Lost in thoughts of his lost love, Lark, he does not want to be disturbed in his last days. However, the appearance of his niece and the subsequent romance between her and Lark's nephew causes him to reevaluate his life and offer some advice so the young couple don't make the same mistake he did, all those years ago.
Keywords: adoption, ambulance-driver, american-in-the-uk, based-on-novel, birthday, bombing, british, brother-sister-relationship, burn, burn-injury
AN Enchanting LOVE STORY!
Just About the Most Wonderful Love Story Ever Filmed!
Grizel Dane: [very curious] Proutie, who was Lark?::Proutie: She was old Mr. Dane's ward, miss.::Grizel Dane: Uncle Rollo's ward?::Proutie: Oh, dear, no, Miss Lark was Mr. Rollo's father's ward, miss. She grew up with Mr. Rollo and all the Dane children.::Grizel Dane: And you were here even then?::Proutie: Oh, yes, miss. My old auntie was in service with Mr. Rollo's father. I remember Miss Lark well. One doesn't forget Miss Lark. [changing the subject] Dinner will be served at 7.00 miss. The General likes to dress.::Grizel Dane: Good. It'll be a pleasant change, we're allowed to be feminine off-duty. Proutie, you haven't told me what happened to Lark.::Proutie: Nothing happened to her, miss.
Pilot Officer Pax Masterson: I used to play hide and seek in these rooms.::Grizel Dane: How interesting since you never set foot here before.::Pilot Officer Pax Masterson: Imaginary hide and seek. When I was little my aunt taught me where every room was. She wanted to know this house as she remembered it, she grew up here.::Grizel Dane: Was your aunt by any chance called Lark?::Pilot Officer Pax Masterson: Yes, Lark Ingoldsby. I was brought up by her. She made me promise to visit this house if I ever got to London.::Grizel Dane: You begin to make sense.
Lark Ingoldsby: [singing] "I'll list for my soldier/And follow my love..."::General Sir Roland Dane a.k.a Rollo: [interrupting] Now I know why they call you "Lark".::Lark Ingoldsby: [turning around] Were you there? Listening all the time?::General Sir Roland Dane a.k.a Rollo: You've grown up.::Lark Ingoldsby: A little.::General Sir Roland Dane a.k.a Rollo: I didn't know you could sing like that.::Lark Ingoldsby: You didn't know I was growing up either.::General Sir Roland Dane a.k.a Rollo: Do you know what happened to this room?::Lark Ingoldsby: No.::General Sir Roland Dane a.k.a Rollo: It's full of light, sunshine and flowers.
Lark Ingoldsby: We'll have seven children and a million pounds a year.::General Sir Roland Dane a.k.a Rollo: What was that?::Lark Ingoldsby: I was thinking when we were children. You've forgotten.::General Sir Roland Dane a.k.a Rollo: Shouldn't I share your thoughts?::Lark Ingoldsby: We shall always be in love, won't we?::General Sir Roland Dane a.k.a Rollo: Always.::Lark Ingoldsby: Even when we're old?::General Sir Roland Dane a.k.a Rollo: Even when we're old.
Lark Ingoldsby: You'll listen to reason, not to me. The Danes have always listened to the reasons instead of their hearts.::General Sir Roland Dane a.k.a Rollo: Let's not get angry.::Lark Ingoldsby: I am not angry, I'm lost. Pelham is in love with me. I can't stay here and hurt him.::General Sir Roland Dane a.k.a Rollo: Pelham?::Lark Ingoldsby: Selina knows that if you go without me I must leave this house, too. I can't wait for you, Rollo!
Selina Dane: We'll be so proud of you: General Sir Roland Dane.::General Sir Roland Dane a.k.a Rollo: No. If I have to choose between my army career and Lark. I know which I want. I want Lark!::Selina Dane: You can't mean that.::General Sir Roland Dane a.k.a Rollo: Believe me, I do.
Lark Ingoldsby: [to Selina] As long as I am in this house. This is my room. [shouts] Get out of it!
Grizel Dane: I sent him away.::General Sir Roland Dane a.k.a Rollo: Then if I were you, I'd go and find him. Don't cheat yourself of love the way I did. Listen to me! Don't stop to bargain for happiness, for in one wasted moment, a door may close, a ship may sail, a train may leave, a man may die. Go after him or make your mind you'll never see him again.
General Sir Roland Dane a.k.a Rollo: There's no such thing as an empty room.
Every Wish Was Granted to Those Who Owned the Charm! But There's No Escape From the Penalty for Trifling With Fate!
See This Throbbing Drama Before You Play With Fire!