Re: [OT] Interesting Facts of Canadian Military Life

More Field Marshals than fields to hold um lol.

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From: Morton Chalom <telson@ameritech.net>
To: <gzg-l@csua.berkeley.edu>
Sent: Monday, January 20, 2003 10:49 AM
Subject: Re: [OT] Interesting Facts of Canadian Military Life

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> >[Tomb] Glenn, you probably don't realize
> >this, but at one point, we had more
> >generals (flag rank people) per soldier (non-
> >flag rank) than anyone else in NATO: 1 per
> >1000 men in uniform.
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> Ohhh... so is Canada the "Major Power in the late 20th Century"
mentioned
> by Heinlein in Starship Troopers when he refers to having so many
officers
> that they wanted insignia to denote which were Line Officers?
>
> I have often wondered what was the story behind that.
>
> --Morton
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