{"id":47324,"date":"2014-09-05T15:06:29","date_gmt":"2014-09-05T15:06:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?guid=16a9af212281e20af0b4a310bb5479da"},"modified":"2014-09-05T15:06:29","modified_gmt":"2014-09-05T15:06:29","slug":"news-story-welsh-army-reservist-teaches-president-a-lesson","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?p=47324","title":{"rendered":"News story: Welsh army reservist teaches president a lesson"},"content":{"rendered":"
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On Monday evening, army reservist Lieutenant Rachael Broughton received a seemingly straightforward call from the adjutant of her unit. Would she be available, he wanted to know, to teach a lesson later in the week to primary school children about NATO? <\/p>\n

It was only after she had agreed to talk to the year 6 pupils at Mount Pleasant Primary School in Newport that she was told that US President Barack Obama and UK Prime Minister David Cameron would be dropping by.<\/p>\n

Rachael, who works in army reserve recruitment in her civilian life, serves with the Welsh Transport Regiment in south west Wales. She was chosen to teach the lesson following a NATO workshop for young reserve officers in Fulda, Germany, last month. <\/p>\n

She said:<\/p>\n

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I was in the middle of my lesson when the President and Prime Minister walked into the classroom, but it didn\u2019t throw me off my stride because they were so down-to-earth and relaxed.<\/p>\n

I introduced them to the children and they listened to the lesson, before asking some questions of their own.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Mr Obama and Mr Cameron then invited the children to ask them anything they wanted. Rachael remarked:<\/p>\n

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I think they were a little taken aback by the calibre of the questions, which ranged from Ukraine and Syria to the relationships between the heads of state.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Since joining the reserves 5 years ago, Rachael has had the opportunity to get involved in many things that she would once have never thought possible.<\/p>\n

As a result, not only has she gained her teaching qualifications in the Army Reserve, she has also worked at the 2012 London Olympics, led a team in the gruelling Cambrian Patrol march and skied for her regiment in Germany.<\/p>\n

She said:<\/p>\n

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As well as the qualifications and skill sets the army has given me, I have been fortunate enough to take advantage of the many fantastic opportunities on offer too.<\/p>\n

I would never have dreamed that through my reserve career I would be meeting President Obama and the Prime Minister.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

If Rachael\u2019s experience has made you consider a life in the reserves, visit the service reserves websites today:<\/p>\n