Re: Headgear

Coming from a cross-cultural (and technically bi-racial but I don't see
more then one 'human' race myself) background, the lack of
assigned/attached/on the ground cultural personnel in our (USA) units
has
been a long term deficit organizationally.  But then OOTW (Operations
Other Than War) aren't the historical roles for our military.  That
started after I left the military (late 1970's) and I would have to
defer
to John A. and others as to what training and assets are in today's
USA/USAF/Marines/USN/USCG.

Gracias,
Glenn

Hx, SF, and Fx: 6 mm figures, Starships and 1:6K "Wet Navy" warships
are my main interest.	But I have forces in 6 through 25 mm FWIW...

On Thu, 27 Nov 2003 10:05:43 +0100 (CET) KH.Ranitzsch@t-online.de
writes:
>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
>

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