<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; font-size: 11pt;">As many of you know my husband as part of 42 Commando is in Afghanistan - To enable us to show our support and provide help for those marines that return injured or worse - I've signed up to something totally ridiculous! &nbsp; &nbsp;(no change there I hear you say!)</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; font-size: 11pt;">&nbsp;&nbsp;</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; font-size: 11pt;">&nbsp;</span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">I have taken on the dual challenge of fundraising&nbsp;for our Royal Marines in need and Escaping the Dunker &ndash; a terrifying exercise&nbsp;all Royal Marines face as part of their arduous training to&nbsp;gain their green&nbsp;beret. So what will I be doing in September 2011? Well, I will be trained at&nbsp;the Underwater Escape Training Unit and then I will be strapped into a fuselage&nbsp;and required to&nbsp;escape from a frighteningly realistic simulation of a helicopter&nbsp;crash at sea, in the dark, upside down, using the correct procedure. The least&nbsp;you can do is sponsor me!</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">&nbsp;</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><br /></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; font-size: 11pt;"><br /><strong>Why&nbsp;the Royal Marines Charitable Trust Fund?</strong><br /><br />The Royal Marines Charitable Trust Fund&nbsp;helps Royal Marines and their families when they need it most. They aid&nbsp;the wounded and injured. They give quality of life to those returning&nbsp;from&nbsp;operations. And when the worst happens, they support the families of those&nbsp;who die in service. The RMCTF has the widest purposes of almost any service&nbsp;charity - quite simply,&nbsp;the Royal Marines Charitable Trust Fund will help&nbsp;when others cannot.<br /><br />Do have a look at the video at:<br /><br />The Royal Marines Charitable Trust Fund<br /><br /></span><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p1AUo1pnoVM"><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; color: windowtext; font-size: 11pt;">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p1AUo1pnoVM</span></a><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; font-size: 11pt;"><br /><br /><strong>What&nbsp;is the Commando Spirit Series?</strong><br /><br />The Commando Spirit Series of events offers&nbsp;once-in-a-lifetime experiences to test your mettle and gain a rare and&nbsp;privileged insight into what it means to be a Royal Marines&nbsp;Commando today. The&nbsp;events will pit participants against some of the most formidable aspects of the&nbsp;Commando training, stretch them to achieve their fundraising commitment of&nbsp;&pound;10,000 each and buddy them up with a former or serving Royal Marine who will&nbsp;provide motivation and encouragement when the going gets tough.<br /><br />To find out more about how you could take&nbsp;the ultimate challenge visit&nbsp;</span><a href="http://www.commandospirit.com/"><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; color: windowtext; font-size: 11pt;">www.commandospirit.com</span></a><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; font-size: 11pt;">&nbsp;</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><strong style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; font-size: 11pt;">&nbsp;</span></strong></p> <p>&nbsp;</p>