Re: Afghan Pics

At 2:46 PM -0700 9/5/02, Brian Burger wrote:
>Forget mocking the French for their shorts, what about the ability of
>British troops (SAS especially) to look nearly as bandit-like as some
of
>the locals? :) Even the British Army regular guys 'go native' way more
>than anyone else! (There's the one pic of a helicopter full of Regular
>Army troopies, at least half of whom seem to be wearing burnooses...)

I'd expect that it probably helps out a bit when it comes to chatting 
with the locals and blending in. Not that the locals can't tell who's 
who. The SBS troop with Burnoose, WWII pattern T-handle Shovel and 
Rifle is pretty interesting.

>(Minor historical question: why isn't the Brit Army the "Royal Army"
when
>the UK's Navy, Artillery and even Air Force are all "Royal"?)

Because the Army was founded by a man who wasn't Royal. That'd be 
Oliver Cromwell. (that's how I understand it)

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