Hey, Stan. What can I say but that I'm a typical Canadian - read caught in the middleOriginally Posted by Stan Reber
Marc,
I like your attitude, you would have made a great NCO, albeit waaay tooo intelligent for the job. My father and his father were NCOs and, on my mother's side, they were all officers (and portrait painters
).
I think Tom does have a really good point, especially about the add-ons (i.e. too many people who don't know how to fight and will never face it). Honestly, for most of the support roles, you could hire civilians. Although, I am still in favour of combat pipers!!!!!You are indeed very correct, COD were and probably still are for basic training, a means of building a sense of spirit and team work. Had to, the Drill would punish all the rest for one small idiot's mistake. You would later work out the problems at night
I also like Tom's approach. But then, he thought I worked wonders at times. However, I didn't get their on my own, I also had a drill who set me straight and emphasized in no small way, how important this would later become.
I'll let Tom decide if my Drill "dun good".
Marc
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