Re: [GZG] Everyone's got a piece of the action
From: "Brian Burger" <blurdesign@g...>
Date: Sat, 2 Sep 2006 00:13:12 -0700
Subject: Re: [GZG] Everyone's got a piece of the action
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Renegade <njg@csrenegade.demon.co.uk> wrote:
>
> > From: ~On Behalf Of Christopher Downes-Ward
> > Sent: 29 August 2006 11:48
>
> > It seems as if it is a natural inclination of an armed force
> > to gather some aspects of the other services.
>
> <snip examples from UK army, navy & air force>
>
> The examples you cite all exist for specific reasons and
> can't really be taken as examples of a service encroaching in
> the same way that certain other nations' military and security
> forces seem to. (Someone back me up here and make the case for
> the RAF Regiment!)
Wasn't the RAF Regiment created for airfield security? I haven't
bothered
looking them up, but assuming that's the case, it seems like a specific
reason rather than encroachment to me.
<snip interesting speculation on what GZGverse-like future tech might do
to
military service setups>
Brian
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