[Lang]

A hundred years ago we had a Canadian Survey Corps Major on exchange on a job in Papua New Guinea. The Canadians had not long changed to combined forces or whatever it was called.

Apart from the Australian soldiers treating him like an Air Force officer ie ignoring him because of his stripes, he was openly depressed that politicians and their politically correct advisors were allowed to destroy a heritage going back to before the Romans.

The separation of land, sea and later air, elements recognised their unique areas of expertise along with specialised skill and training.

The bleeding hearts can not come to grips with the fact an army is purely and simply a killing machine. No matter how you dress it up with parades, rescues in flood/fire/famine or "peace keeping", the only reason for spending an obscene amount of money on an army is in the hope we can kill more of them than they kill of us before our country is occupied or destroyed in times of absolute national threat.

A big part of this is tradition and many is the time a smaller or lesser equipped force with greater belief in themselves has defeated a superior enemy purely through morale. Having everyone in the same school uniform using contrived names, ranks and job descriptions seriously damages the backs-to-the-wall motivation of the entire force.

Great move Canada to finally see some sense!

Lang