Anne-Laure thinks ahead and is well-organised. Enlisted in the French Army since 2015, she has just recently signed a second six-year contract, a year longer than her first one. Until earlier this year she was the only female gun-turret operator in the 1st Hunter Regiment. But, at the end of 2020, knowing full well that squeezing around the interior of a Leclerc tank is not practicable for a pregnant woman, she requested a job more suited to a personal situation she was planning for 2021. And it’s a good thing she did because she and her partner’s plans to start a family are coming to fruition. Baby Jules should make his appearance in early November…