Ghurkas Again

Ok, I talked to Thapa today. He's the security Guard here at CNN that 
I mentioned was in a Ghurka Battalion. Apparently he was in the Royal 
Engineers side of things and rose to Platoon Sgt over his 10 years in 
the service of the Crown.

Today, I asked a few questions regarding stories about Ghurkas.

One was the question of Argies surrendering before the Ghurka's were 
sent in to 'sort them out'. Chitra said that a friend of his was 
there in the Falklands and such did happen.

Another that I asked about was how he thought about the difference in 
pay scale. As he said, when his father was in the Ghurkas (he's 
apparently at least a 2nd Gen Ghurka) they really didn't pay much 
attention to the pay. It was somewhat like dressing on the cake. But 
in his own time the Ghurka troops tended to learn a bit more and 
become more "clever" as he called it. He didn't seem terribly unhappy 
about it, though I suspect a Ghurka wouldn't complain unless they 
really had a reason too.

He also spoke some about the difference in Ghurka soldiers as having 
90-95% performance on Physical training test that only 20% of the 
average British soldiers could do. All in spite of their taller 
stature and size.

There were some other questions people had that I'll try to ask about 
later when the time seems right...

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