2Lt Natalie Gardner, from London, is a Medical Support Officer in the British Army Reserves with 335 Medical Evacuation Regiment. In her civilian role, Natalie is an Advanced Critical Care Practitioner at Kings College Hospital London, with a background in physiotherapy. Natalie has completed two six month overseas deployments with the British Army; A Peacekeeping deployment with the United Nations in 2009, and in 2013-14 Afghanistan. Natalie was commissioned at the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst in August 2017 where she passed out top of her class of 90 Officers, winning the MacRobert Sword of Honour