I say -------- Put a rifle in one hand and a copy of their oath in the
other!!! And send them up! If they don't want to use the rifle, PROBLEM
SOLVED.
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Ryan M Gill <rmgill@mindspring.com>
> To: Military Vehicles Mailing List <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>
> Sent: Friday, October 19, 2001 11:20 AM
> Subject: Re: [MV] [MV]
>
>
> > At 12:13 PM -0400 10/19/01, islander wrote:
> > >Hi Ryan,
> > >
> > >>Shift them to REMF jobs or stick them in near FEBA medical/service
> > >>roles. Let them truck the ammo back and forth, handle casualties and
> > >>recover disabled vehicles. Of they could all go into construction
> > >>battalions.
> > >
> > >This would appear, on the surface, to be a good idea. However, it
> > >establishes a precedent that might bite us on the butt later on. From
> > >the little I know this is one of the big problems the German Bundeswehr
> > >has been facing since the end of the Cold War. One of my German
friends
> >
> > I agree, giving them an easy out is not the thing to do. But I like
> > the idea of putting them in a Sgt York mode. Sure, you don't have to
> > kill, but you do have to help other people in the process. Our
> > mechanized army has a massive tail. As long as the people that pull
> > the triggers have the things they need then all is good.
> >
> > I'm not saying put them in nice safe REMF roles always. If the
> > medical units need additional Ambulance drivers, then there you go.
> > Some of those units are just behind the FEBA. The same goes for the
> > logistics units that support front line troops. If they are trained
> > as an infantryman and don't want to kill, then they get changed to
> > being a medic for a combat unit after appropriate training. Having
> > someone on the line that doesn't want to kill won't help much.
> >
> >
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