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To: FaultLine who wrote (6407)10/20/2001 6:53:12 AM
From: maceng2  Respond to of 281500
 
Britain is most fortunate to still have the gurkhas. I always worry when they are putting in a new round of defense cuts. Some of these hundreds of years old traditions could be hard to restore.

France has her "Foriegn Legion" and I would have thought it would be ideal to use under the current circumstances.

They are so secret you don't even know if they have had any casualties or not...



To: FaultLine who wrote (6407)10/20/2001 12:10:37 PM
From: maceng2  Read Replies (2) | Respond to of 281500
 
re gurkhas.

Mentioned here..

army.mod.uk

Not surprised that most links don't work. Info is info.

Aghanistan must be similar to "home turf".

They have a very long history of serving with distinction for UK forces and have really horrible knives <ng> (see crest)


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