A young officer who led an assault after being seriously wounded in a Taliban ambush and the medic who saved his life have been awarded the Military Cross. Lt John Scarlett (Coldm Gds) was leading his police advisory team on a visit to an Afghan National Civil Police checkpoint in Helmand's Upper Gereshk Valley when the attack happened Leaving members of the group with their vehicles, he took the remainder of his men to the base to wait for the local commander to return. But when the people he was due to meet did not arrive the 26-year-old gathered his soldiers into a patrol formation and began to leave via the only exit - a confined corridor leading to a pedestrian gate.
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机译：一名年轻军官在塔利班伏击中受重伤后发起了袭击，而拯救了自己生命的医务人员被授予了军事十字勋章。袭击发生时，约翰·斯嘉丽（Lord John Scarlett）上校（科尔德·格德斯（Coldm Gds））率领他的警察咨询小组访问了阿富汗国家民警检查站，地点是赫尔曼德（Helmand）上盖里什克山谷（Upper Gereshk Valley）。基地等待当地指挥官返回。但是当他要见面的人没有到达时，这位26岁的年轻人将他的士兵们聚集到一支巡逻队中，并开始通过唯一的出口离开-一条通往人行大门的狭窄走廊。
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