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>>>>And which service/war were your pioneering ancestors dragged into immediately they landed?
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>>>>Terry
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>>Hi Beth
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>>Personally I'm in favour of mil. service (I once applied to the RN to be a heli pilot but was rejected at officer selection) but I know there are those that would rather die than do it. OTOH not everyone gets a good skill training. What use is m/c gunner or rocket aimer in civvy street? You can't guarantee the alien conscripts would just get log's and support roles. I suspect, like in many mercenary forces, they'd be the cannon fodder first sent in.
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>>Best
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>>Terry
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>I had not thought of it that way. Hum... Okay.
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>But the Coast Guard, and Navy, will give you seamenship skills if nothing else. I conside the point. It sounds good on paper, but will be ugly in operation if not handled correctly.
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>;-)

Yeah, I guess if you're in the Navy or Airforce there's no point having you unless you get a skill (even if it's just preparing 2,000 breakfasts on an aircraft carrier) - no point in just having square-bashing grunts in the airforce - they usually get electronices and comm's skills etc.. I suppose I was thinking about the army more. Not everyone gets to be the guy in the tent with the earphones on.

:-)