Re: Marine Contingents

On Sun, 15 Nov 1998, Neil wrote:
> > > At 12:41 PM 11/11/1998 +0000, Mike Elliott wrote:
> > > >Marine Contingents
> Just a little info, I am currently serving on a Canadian Destroyer and
we
> carry a 20 man boarding party. However the members on it are drawn
from the
> ships company and given special weapons and training (a three week
course,
> I start tommorrow) the rest of the time we do our regular jobs.

i suppose boarding parties are needed quite frequently for ships
involved
in customs, fisheries protection, etc; i assume Neil's job will not
involve dropping from a helo onto the decks of chinese warships ...

Tom