Re: [OT] Frog Bashing

At 05:20  29/05/02 -0700, John wrote:
>Canadians should coordinate with the USAF when they
>decide to run into what was technically Indian Country
>and start firing off small-arms and giving a pilot a
>near heart attack.
>
>American doctrine calls for holding training maneuvers
>BEFORE deploying to a warzone so as to avoid such
>problems.

As startling as it may seem various military institutions around the
world 
do continue training in order to maintain standards. For instance during

the Vietnam War the 1 Australian Task Force required everyone to undergo
a 
training program after returning  from	a operation before going out on 
another operation and this did not include any training that individual 
units set up.

As with anything, the skills required for soldiering must be maintained 
[practice, practice, practice..... and more practice! :) ].

Cheers

Derek

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