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Re: Questions regarding NAC ground units, was SG IF morale

From: Derk Groeneveld <derk@c...>
Date: Fri, 30 Nov 2001 20:44:45 +0100 (CET)
Subject: Re: Questions regarding NAC ground units, was SG IF morale

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On Thu, 29 Nov 2001, Ryan M Gill wrote:

> At 12:44 AM +0100 11/30/01, Derk Groeneveld wrote:
> >On Thu, 29 Nov 2001, Brian Bilderback wrote:
> >
> >>  OK, from the history I have read, the NAC is supposed to encompass
the UK,
> >>  US, Canada, and the rest of the western Hemisphere eventually. 
But in
> >>  discussions like this one involving ground units, all the NAC
units I've
> >>  heard mentioned are borrowed from British military
history/culture.  Were
> >>  any US Army/military units retained?  Just curious.
> >
> >Problem is the US have so much less history to draw on. And as for
> >culture...
>
> By 2183 the US army should have plenty of history under it's belt.
> Between the 82nd, the 101st, the 10th Mtn, Rangers, 10th Armd, 1st
> Armd, 1st Infantry and a few other units I don't omit for lack of
> value, all have plenty of history to make them quite noble. Hell the
> 101st alone has lots of history. Add the US Marines to the mix and
> they are amazing.

All good points. I was just pulling a random leg ;)

Cheers,

   Derk
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