‘Should I pull the Trigger?’

Posted on October 24, 2010 
Filed under Opinion

“It was 3 am. I sat in the sandbagged bunker guarding the entrance to the 400 year old Portuguese fort in Balibo, East Timor. Behind me nearly 100 Australian soldiers were sleeping peacefully. I was dressed in full camouflage battle dress, Kevlar flack jacket, and helmet. I rested the minimi machine gun in the crook of my shoulder and peered sleepily out through my night vision goggles at the Timorese village below…”

– Defence Sunday is being observed on November 7 (Sunday closest to Remembrance Day). This is a good time to be reminded to uphold in prayer (prayer guide) Christians serving in the Australian defence forces.

Ridley graduate Andrew Grills, now a military chaplain, reflects on his experience as an Army Officer in East Timor. Could he pull that trigger if needed?