against catching the disease and it doesn t protect you against passing it on, so now is the time to get your booster. a group of muslim women from bradford have been given a taste of army life. they were invited by the 4th armoured brigade in york, also known as the black rats, to see how they operate. it s hoped community activities like this will inspire more muslims, especially women, tojoin the british armed forces. the bbc asian network s shabnam mahmood has more. 0h! excellent. put through their paces, army style. these women from bradford are trying out some military exercises. among them, selena, who is a data analyst, and iram, a beauty therapist. it is scary. it s something i ve not done before, but it is exciting and it s an achievement. when you get over that six foot wall and to the other side, yeah, it does feel good. we ve done an assault course and we ve been going under trenches, overa rope, climbing walls, i ve had a few falls, got soaked, but i m sure it ll be fine.
it s hoped community activities like this will inspire more muslims, especially women, tojoin the british armed forces. the bbc asian network s shabnam mahmood has more. 0h! excellent. put through their paces, army style. these women from bradford are trying out some military exercises. among them, selena, who is a data analyst, and iram, a beauty therapist. it is scary. it s something i ve not done before, but it is exciting and it s an achievement. when you get up that six foot wall and to the other side, yeah, it does feel good. we ve done an assault course and we ve been going under trenches, overa rope, climbing walls, i ve had a few falls, got soaked, but i m sure it ll be fine. currently there are around 500 muslims in the army, but only a tiny fraction of that figure are women. it is something the military is hoping to change. it s really, really important to get