Re: Headgear

Adrian Johnson schrieb:
> Canadian troops often try to patrol with "less offensive"
> looking attitude (hence boonie hats) though they're fully tactical
and
> have helmets if needed. ...

> This must have paid off because a few days
> ago locals reported to the Canadian troops that someone
> had hidden rockets in an abandoned building next to the Cdn base. 
The Cdn's
> investigated and discovered unguided rockets set to fire on the base
with
> a remote timer or  something equiv., and disarmed them.  

This is pretty much the attitutde of the Bundeswehr operating in Kabul
and now in Kunduz, too. The go to great lengths to be on good terms
with the people around them. They get extensive peace-keeping training
before going there and there are a number of anthropologists in their
teams to advise about behaviour and relations. Seems to work quite
well.

Greetings
Karl Heinz